Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.

Emmon Chen

Shanbao Cheng

Nathan Meyer

Jorge Lopez Camacho

Michael Moeller

Shawn Placie

Joon Ki An

Woong Kim

Gabriel Buenviaje

Sherrie Yang

Kaila Lawson

An adjustable implant system configured to non-invasively guide bone growth in a patient. The adjustable implant system includes a tether having a first end coupled to a fixed bone anchor and a second end coupled to an adjustable bone anchor. The adjustable bone anchor includes a driver disposed within a housing and the driver is configured to actuate in response to an externally applied magnetic field. The adjustable implant system includes an external adjustment device configured to non-invasively actuate the driver disposed within the adjustable bone anchor. Non-invasive actuation of the driver can cause the adjustable bone anchor to increase or decrease the amount of tension on the tether.

Adjustable tether implant

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Aliso Viejo, CA, United States of America

Emmon Chen