ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,003, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SUZHOU SPINEGUIDE TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Flexible spine model and correction demonstration and test system implemented based on same" was invented by Kai Li (Suzhou, China) and Donglei Zhang (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application belongs to the technical field of medical model equipment, and specifically relates to a flexible spine model and a demonstration and test system implemented based on the same. The spine model includes hard structures and a soft elastic connecting material, and the hard structures simulate a layout of spine curvatures and...