ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,250, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Ostiio LLC (Philadelphia).
"Systems and processes for distraction control" was invented by Brett Ishihara (Philadelphia), Matthew Nowick (Philadelphia), Justen England (Philadelphia), Kyle Woodard (Philadelphia), Henry Mayne (Philadelphia) and Oivind Brockmeier (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distraction system can include a distraction implant comprising a magnetic element and a distraction mechanism configured to expand the distraction implant in response to rotation of the magnetic element. The distraction system can include an external device comprising a motor configured to ...