ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,435, issued on May 20, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Distraction frame for effecting hip distraction" was invented by Conrad Smith (Hollister, Calif.), William Kaiser (Campbell, Calif.), Chris Bowles (Hollister, Calif.), Edson Lopes (San Jose, Calif.), Ruben Cardenas (San Jose, Calif.) and Roger J. Malcolm (San Clemente, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distraction frame includes a table mount for removably mounting the distraction frame to a surgical table; at least one horizontal strut mounted to the table mount; at least one vertical strut mounted to the at least one horizontal strut; and at least one dis...