US Patent Issued to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS on Oct. 21 for "Graft collection and containment system for bone defects" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,021, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Graft collection and containment system for bone defects" was invented by George Mikhail (West Chester, Pa.) and Ross Hamel (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for containing bone graft material comprises a body including an inner sleeve extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve and extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end such that a bone graft collecting space is formed therebetween."

The patent was filed on May 13, 2021, under Applicat...