US Patent Issued to CARTIHEAL (2009) on July 8 for "Optimized cage systems promoting bone repair and fusion" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,159, issued on July 8, was assigned to CARTIHEAL (2009) LTD. (Kfar Saba, Israel).

"Optimized cage systems promoting bone repair and fusion" was invented by Nir Altschuler (Tsur Yitskhak, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides, inter alia, a device having a cage having an opening or window in at least one of its walls that allows for the insertion of bone growth promoting materials therethrough, comprising one or more openings in one or more of the walls of the cage, designed to receive bone growth promoting materials, including coral-based materials, which facilitate in the fusion with the treated bone, and whic...