ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,782, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DRAKE UNIVERSITY (Des Moines, Iowa).
"Tri spine model" was invented by Alisa Drapeaux (Des Moines, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A model mimicking an anatomical formation, such as a spine, can be used for teaching and practice to students and practitioners. The model includes a number of segments in the form of spinal vertebrae, which are connected to one to mimic the movement of human vertebra. The rotational movement between the segments can be adjusted frictionally to mimic human spines of varying conditions. A cavitation member is included between at least two adjacent segments to mim...