US Patent Issued to PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE AND CHINESE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES on July 28 for "In vivo derotation growth-friendly spine implant system" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,892, issued on July 28, was assigned to PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE AND CHINESE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (Beijing).

"In vivo derotation growth-friendly spine implant system" was invented by You Du (Beijing), Shengru Wang (Beijing), Jianguo Zhang (Beijing), Bingtai Han (Beijing), Yiwei Zhao (Beijing), Haoran Zhang (Beijing), Chenkai Li (Beijing), Xiaohan Ye (Beijing) and Zhiyi Li (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in vivo derotation growth-friendly spine implant system includes: a rod; first fixing units arranged at both ends of the rod, respectively; and a twisting assembly comprising a second fixing unit and a rotating a...