ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,931, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics Inc. (San Diego, Pa.).
"Extramedullary device and system" was invented by Shawn Placie (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Jorge Lopez Camacho (Oxnard, Calif.), Ricky Quach (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Brandon Chimits (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Woong Kim (Fresno, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the disclosure relates to an extramedullary distraction and compression system. The extramedullary distraction system includes: a housing configured to be attached to a bone at a first location, the housing having a magnet and a lead screw positioned therein, wherein the ...