US Patent Issued to Phoenix Children's Hospital on Nov. 18 for "Vertebral growth modulating directional hinged end-to-end rod connector" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,961, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Phoenix Children's Hospital Inc. (Phoenix).

"Vertebral growth modulating directional hinged end-to-end rod connector" was invented by Matthew A. Halanski (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Cameron Jeffers (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first and second pedicle screw may be screwed into a first and second corresponding spine vertebra. A first end of a first spinal rod and a first end of a second spinal rod may be connected to a corresponding first and second opening in a distraction hinge. A rod-to-hinge connector may be positioned between the ends of the spinal rods and the openings in the ...