ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,869, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to INDIUS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE Ltd. (Pune, India).

"Constant distraction force driven self actuating growing rod systems" was invented by Aditya Ingalhalikar (Maharashtra, India), Sagar Sathaye (Maharashtra, India), Piyali Gokhale (Maharashtra, India) and Dhrumil Shekhda (Gujrat, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A constant distraction force driven self-actuating growing rod system is provided for implantation on a corrected bony anatomy. The system includes components selected from the group consisting of at least one static rod, intermediate rod, or growth rod component; at least on...