ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,422, issued on April 8, was assigned to SPINE23 INC. (Campbell, Calif.).
"Systems, devices and methods for treating a lateral curvature of a spine" was invented by Sherwin Hua (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for correcting a lateral curvature of a spine that can include a plurality of screws configured to be implanted in a plurality of vertebrae, and a plurality of extensions configured to be removably coupled with the plurality of screws. Some embodiments of the plurality of extensions can be curved, bent, angled, and/or offset along at least a portion thereof and can be removably coupled with a screw head ...