ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,643, issued on June 17, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC. (Raynham, Mass.).
"Bone graft cage" was invented by Scott Larsen (West Chester, Pa.), Ross Hamel (West Chester, Pa.), Glen Pierson (West Chester, Pa.) and George Mikhail (West Chester, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for containing bone graft material includes an outer sleeve including a first proximal longitudinal split extending along a length thereof and a first distal longitudinal split extending along a length thereof and an inner sleeve connected to the outer sleeve via at least one strut so that a bone graft collecting space is defined therebetween...