US Patent Issued to Children's Hospital Medical Center, Brigham Young University on Nov. 4 for "Elastic bar for pectus excavatum repair" (Utah, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,407, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati) and Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah).

"Elastic bar for pectus excavatum repair" was invented by Brandon Sargent (Provo, Utah), Larry L. Howell (Orem, Utah) and Victor Garcia (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device, illustratively an elastic bar, for the gradual correction of pectus excavatum in patients."

The patent was filed on Feb. 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/108,998.

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