ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,679, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).
"Porous structures produced by additive layer manufacturing" was invented by Robin Stamp (Montclair, N.J.), Joseph Robinson (Ridgewood, N.J.), Gearoid Walsh (Ennis, Ireland) and Rachel King-Ha Lau (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a tubular structure including a first tube and a second tube. The steps of the method include first successively depositing layers of a first material and at least partially melting at least a portion of each deposited layer of the first material at predetermined locations to form the first t...