ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,373, issued on July 29, was assigned to Frederick Guy (Syracuse, N.Y.).
"Sustainable material and method of making" was invented by Frederick R. Guy (Syracuse, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A natural and sustainable material is derived from the nut of the tagua palm tree that may be fashioned into devices for humans and animals. A pulverized and reconstituted material is disclosed herein that is also treated with a low temperature atmospheric plasma treatment. In an embodiment, a biocompatible carrier gas is ionized to form a biocompatible atmospheric plasma stream. Material, such as nano-scale powdered hydroxyapatite, is intro...