ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,351, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
"Bone substitute composition" was invented by Kuan-Yu Chiu (Chiayi County, Taiwan), Yen-Hao Chang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Chun-Chieh Tseng (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Tung-Lin Tsai (Tainan, Taiwan), Chun-Ming Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Yue-Jun Wang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Tzyy-Ker Sue (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone substitute composition includes a bone substitute matrix and a conditioning solution. The bone substitute matrix includes 85% to 98% by weight of alkaline calcium phosphate powder, 1% to 10% by weight o...