ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,499, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Miron Research and Development in Dentistry LLC (Venice, Fla.).
"Non-resorbable bone allografts and method for making same" was invented by Richard John Miron (Venice, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing non-resorbable bone allografts having improved osteoconductivity and biocompatibility in regenerative dental and medical applications as compared with non-resorbable xenografts. The method comprises excising one or more bone allografts from a donor's body; freeze-drying the bone allografts; demineralizing the freeze-dried bone allografts; preserving and sterilizing the bo...