ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,405, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to STINGER ORTHOPEDICS LLC.

"Automated wireless strut assembly" was invented by Nicholas Riccione (Miami Beach, Fla.) and Matthew Neber (Miami Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated wireless strut assembly having a lead assembly, a head assembly coupled to the lead assembly, a motor housing coupled to the lead assembly and the head assembly, and a battery assembly coupled to the lead assembly and the motor housing. The lead assembly has a lead shaft, a linear encoder, a control circuitry, an upper clevis having a first connector and a lower clevis having a second connector. A dist...