ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,916, issued on April 22, was assigned to Axogen Corp. (Alachua, Fla.).
"Devices and methods for protecting against neuromas" was invented by Curt Deister (Alachua, Fla.), Crystal Simon (Alachua, Fla.) and Jennifer Faleris (Alachua, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention provides devices and methods for alleviating discomfort associated with neuroma formation. The devices and methods of the invention effectively use the body's natural response of reconstructing implanted biomaterials to minimize the size of, isolate, and protect a neuroma. In preferred embodiments, the subject device is a cylindrical cap, wherein the...