ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,352, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).
"Methods and devices for spinal correction" was invented by Michael J. O'Neil (West Barnstable, Mass.), Roman Lomeli (Plymouth, Mass.), John Riley Hawkins (Cumberland, R.I.), Christopher Ramsay (West Wareham, Mass.), Zoher Bootwala (Foxboro, Mass.), Jennifer DiPietro (North Easton, Mass.) and John Griffin (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable trial can include an inferior portion, a superior portion, and a middle expanding portion as well as load cells for monitoring the load on the trial. The trial may also include recesses on its la...