US Patent Issued to Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation on May 13 for "Implants including modified demineralized cortical bone fibers and methods of making same" (New Jersey, Maryland, Hawaii Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,848, issued on May 13, was assigned to Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation.

"Implants including modified demineralized cortical bone fibers and methods of making same" was invented by Michele Christine McAllister (Freehold, N.J.), David Wang (Rockville, Md.), Michelle Bubear (Newton, N.J.), Joed Canales (Harrison, N.J.), Amy Chang (Kaneohe, Hawaii), Roman Shikhanovich (Edison, N.J.), Mark Spilker (Plainsboro, N.J.) and Eric Semler (Morganville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for making surgical implants (or grafts) for the repair of bone defects, and more particularly, surgical implants that include demineralized bone ...