ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,118, issued on Feb. 10.
"Cylindrical granule made of biocompatible metal material for vertebroplasty" was invented by Gaetano Sorano (Trecastagni, Italy) and Roberto Drago (Viagrande, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylindrical granule made of a biocompatible metal material, in particular titanium or its alloys, for vertebroplasty operations has a cylindrical shape and includes a central cylindrical body connected at its ends to a first disc and to a second disc respectively, and a portion with a trabeculated structure, which extends around the central cylindrical body between the lower surface of the first disc and the upper ...