ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,058, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to NUVASIVE SPECIALIZED ORTHOPEDICS INC. (San Diego).
"Adjustable tether implant" was invented by Shanbao Cheng (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Joon An (Buena Park, Calif.), Michael Moeller (Carlsbad, Calif.), Shawn Placie (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Jorge Lopez Camacho (Oxnard, Calif.), Woong Kim (Irvine, Calif.) and Emmon Chen (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable implant system configured to non-invasively guide bone growth in a patient. The adjustable implant system includes a tether having a first end coupled to a fixed bone anchor and a second end coupled to an adjus...