US Patent Issued to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY on July 8 for "Biodegradable nanocomposite surgical screw containing bone nanoparticles" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,400, issued on July 8, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Biodegradable nanocomposite surgical screw containing bone nanoparticles" was invented by A B M Sharif Hossain (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Hassan Ahmed Rudayni (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Mohammad Saad Aleissa (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Mohammed Musa Zahrany (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Abdulrahman Alhudhaibi (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Fazliny Abdul Rahman (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nanocomposite derived from organic sources, including waste date seeds, pomegranate peels and camel knee bone. The nanocomposites can be u...