ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,343, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CARTIHEAL (2009) LTD. (Ariel, Israel).
"Solid forms for tissue repair" was invented by Nir Altschuler (Hod Hasharon, Israel) and Razi Vago (Lehavim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides aragonite- and calcite-based scaffolds for the repair, regeneration, enhancement of formation or a combination thereof of cartilage and/or bone, which scaffolds comprise at least two phases, wherein each phase differs in terms of its chemical content, or structure, kits comprising the same, processes for producing solid aragonite or calcite scaffolds and methods of use thereof."
The pat...