US Patent Issued to LifeNet Health on Sept. 2 for "Bone graft and method of making and using same" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,016, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to LifeNet Health (Virginia Beach, Va.).

"Bone graft and method of making and using same" was invented by Mark Evans (Virginia Beach, Va.), Dennis Phelps (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Jingsong Chen (Virginia Beach, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spinal bone graft includes one or more cortical bone portions forming a first unit. The first unit includes an engagement surface for contacting bone, and a mating surface. The mating surface forms at least one first undercut. The bone graft also includes one or more cortical bone portions forming a second unit. The second unit includes an engagement sur...