US Patent Issued to NuVasive on Feb. 24 for "Flat plate mechanisms for bone lengthening" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,133, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to NuVasive Inc. (San Diego).

"Flat plate mechanisms for bone lengthening" was invented by Nathan Meyer (Vista, Calif.), Emmon Chen (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Gabriel Buenviaje (Laguna Hills, Calif.), Kaila Lawson (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Sherrie Yang (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is an adjustable implant configured to non-invasively guide bone growth in a patient. The adjustable implant includes a first portion configured to couple to a first bone segment and a second portion at least partially disposed within the first portion and configured to couple to a seco...