ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,398, issued on July 8, was assigned to Evonik Operations GmbH (Essen, Germany).
"Biodegradable bone glue" was invented by Teng Xue (Tianjin, China), Gianluigi Luppi (Dusseldorf, Germany), Natalia Ruggeri Savietto (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Howard K. Bowman III (Birmingham, Ala.), Paul Joseph Spencer (Oberursel, Germany), Andreas Karau (Gelnhausen, Germany), Jian-Feng Zhang (Vestavia, Ala.), Rosario Lizio (Breuberg, Germany) and Marshall Scott Jones (Bessemer, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to bioresorbable polymers to be used as bone and tissue adhesives. The present invention is also directed...