ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,920, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Nuvasive Inc. (San Diego, Pa.).
"Connected implant with reflector" was invented by Eric Chevalier (Palaiseau, France) and Valentin Kerspern (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for evaluating the evolution of the structure of a subject's bone, the system including an implantable medical device including an implant body intended to be attached to the bone of the subject and at least one reflector coupled to the implant body, the reflector being configured to reflect an electromagnetic signal and being embedded in a surrounding tissue of the subject when the implant body is attached t...