US Patent Issued to Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation on Feb. 17 for "Diversified grafts having heterogenous features and methods for making and using same" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,331, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (Edison, N.J.).

"Diversified grafts having heterogenous features and methods for making and using same" was invented by Marc Long (Monmouth Junction, N.J.), Evangelia Chnari (Scotch Plains, N.J.) and Jeffrey Cartmell (Freehold, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Diversified grafts suitable for use in repair and reconstruction procedures are provided. Some diversified grafts comprise two or more heterogenous features which form regions having different preferred properties. A diversified graft useful for pre-pectoral breast reconstruction, meshing is provid...