ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,299, issued on July 29, was assigned to Genesis Medical Devices LLC (Indialantic, Fla.).

"Removable biocompatible substrate filter for a reaming and collection device" was invented by Daniel Nick Segina (Satellite Beach, Fla.) and James A. Proctor Jr. (Indialantic, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides for a removable second stage biocompatible substrate filter that includes biocompatible implant material configured to trap second stage operative particulate matter that may include at least one of bone fragments, plasma, stem cells, cellular matter, and growth factors captured from irrigation fluid. The s...