US Patent Issued to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children on Jan. 13 for "Hinge-link spinal correction device and method" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,150, issued on Jan. 13, 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 reduction device correction system for spinal surgery comprising two uniplanar clamps; a reduction rod having opposite pitch threaded ends, the reduction rod configured to be attached to each of the two uniplanar clamps; a stabilizing rod configured to be attached to each of the two uniplanar clamps; two provisional spine rods, each configured to be attach...