US Patent Issued to Georgia Tech Research, CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA on Sept. 29 for "Halo intrinsic traction (HIT) device for preoperative curvature correction of severe pediatric scoliosis and/or kyphosis" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,141, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta) and CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA (Atlanta).

"Halo intrinsic traction (HIT) device for preoperative curvature correction of severe pediatric scoliosis and/or kyphosis" was invented by Frank L. Hammond III (Atlanta), Charles Brenner (Atlanta), Brian Emling (Atlanta), Kinsey Herrin (Atlanta), Scott J. Hollister (Atlanta), Uzma Mhate (Atlanta), Michael Schmitz (Atlanta) and Richard Welling (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A halo intrinsic traction (HIT) system including a first support, a second support, and a first actuator. The first support can ...