US Patent Issued to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children on Dec. 16 for "Hinge-link spinal correction device and method" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,100, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (Dallas).

"Hinge-link spinal correction device and method" was invented by Hong Zhang (Irving, Texas), John David Ross Jr. (Ovilla, Texas) and Daniel J. Sucato (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for spinal correction includes a stabilizer assembly including a hinge including a first rod-bearing leaf; a second rod-bearing leaf rotatably coupled to the first rod-bearing leaf to provide coronal or sagittal freedom of movement, or both, of the stabilizer assembly; a locking mechanism to lock the first and second rod-bearing leaves at a desired ...