US Patent Issued to Orthopediatrics Canada on Feb. 24 for "System and method for altering growth of bones" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,127, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Orthopediatrics Canada ULC (Vancouver, Canada).

"System and method for altering growth of bones" was invented by Fady Rayes (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Canada), Dror Paley (West Palm Beach, Fla.) and Bobby Liontis (Repentigny, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present inventions relate to a system and method for altering growth of bones. More precisely, the system is an orthopedic apparatus for correcting rotational deformities and limb length discrepancies. A system of cable-couplings with linking members is used, the linking members being posts or screws traversing bones. Due to the flexibilit...