ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,964, issued on July 7, was assigned to The General Hospital Corp. (Boston).
"Expandable laminoplasty implant" was invented by Hamid Ghaednia (Boston), Kartik Mangudi Varadarajan (Boston), Joseph H. Schwab (Boston) and Soheil Ashkani Esfahani (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable laminoplasty device is provided that can be used in minimally invasive surgery. The device includes a main housing with an inner housing slidably receivable by an outer housing. A gear is disposed in the main housing and engageable with a gear rack of the inner housing to adjust the length of the main housing. The gear defines an aperture confi...