ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,570, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Nuvasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Transmission assembly" was invented by Byron Riemhofer (San Diego) and Andrew Morris (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly comprising a drive gear coupled to a shaft and a dial. The drive gear is configured to rotate along a first axis based on movement of the dial. The assembly includes a first linking member located along a second axis and configured to rotate about the second axis based on contact with the drive gear as the drive gear is rotated. The assembly includes a second linking member located along the second axis and configured to rotate abou...