US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on March 18 for "Systems and methods for making porous articles" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,889, issued on March 18, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Systems and methods for making porous articles" was invented by Ali R. Mehrabi (Glendale, Calif.), Reza Mehrabi (Glendale, Calif.), Rishikesh K. Bharadwaj (Glendale, Calif.), Eugene Rozenbaoum (Glendale, Calif.) and Frank Chica (Glendale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multiple processes for preparing porous articles are described. The porous articles can be in a wide array of shapes and configurations. The methods include providing a soluble material in particulate form and forming a packed region from the material. The methods also include contact...