US Patent Issued to Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics on Nov. 4 for "Intermedullary lengthening implant with integrated load sensor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,417, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics Inc. (San Diego).

"Intermedullary lengthening implant with integrated load sensor" was invented by Nathan Meyer (Vista, Calif.) and Youngsam Bae (Placentia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include implants and related methods for moving bone. Certain implementations include an implant for moving bone in a patient's body, the implant including: an implantable biocompatible housing; a first adjustment rod at least partially overlapping the implantable biocompatible housing; a driver configured to drive the first adjustment rod to enable...