US Patent Issued to IvyTech Design on Oct. 7 for "Adjustable angle cervical spine distractor" (Pennsylvania, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,580, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to IvyTech Design LLC (Dover, Del.).

"Adjustable angle cervical spine distractor" was invented by Nicholas Szabo (Philadelphia), Trevor Chan (Philadelphia) and Joshua Robert Vogel (Pembroke Pines, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cervical distractor is provided having an elongated rigid member having a plane and an axis in the plane; a plurality of arms supported by the elongated rigid member, at least one of the arms having an adjustable position along the axis of the elongated rigid member, and being lockable in position; and a pin-holder on each arm, the pin holder being continuously deflect...