US Patent Issued to Orthofix S.R.L, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children on Nov. 3 for "Bone transport system and methods" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,635, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Orthofix S.R.L (Bussolengo, Italy) and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (Dallas).

"Bone transport system and methods" was invented by Mikhail L. Samchukov (Coppell, Texas), Andrea Ottoboni (Giacciano con Baruchella, Italy), Daniele Venturini (Povegliano Veronese, Italy), John David Ross (Ovilla, Texas), Karen Divita Standefer (Flower Mound, Texas) and Alexander Cherkashin (Flower Mound, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for transverse bone transport. A transverse bone transport system may include a template for measuring and cutting a segment of the bone ...