US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on March 18 for "Vertebral body manipulation device and methods" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,141, issued on March 18, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Vertebral body manipulation device and methods" was invented by Dan Stoianovici (Reistertown, Md.) and Jean-Paul Wolinsky (Towson, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Featured is a vertebral body manipulation instrument or vertebral body manipulation device being configured and arranged to allow correction of vertebral translation. Such a vertebral body manipulation device embodies one or more identical modules that are configured as needed for correcting the deformity. Such a vertebral body manipulation device also is usable in combination with a plu...