US Patent Issued to University of Louisville Research Foundation on Jan. 13 for "Medical device for intraoperative measurement and interpretation of bone density during spinal surgery" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,058, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Medical device for intraoperative measurement and interpretation of bone density during spinal surgery" was invented by Michael J. Voor (Louisville, Ky.), Stuart J. Williams (Prospect, Ky.) and Maxwell Boakye (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are bone quality and/or strength measuring devices. In some embodiments, the devices include a body and a detector disposed therein designed to interact with a bone, determine the quality and/or strength thereof, and communicate an evaluation thereof to a user. The...