US Patent Issued to NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED, MAINTAINING THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY on May 27 for "Method of making, manufacturing or producing orthopedic soft tissue" (New Jersey, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,077, issued on May 27, was assigned to NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED, MAINTAINING THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY (New York).

"Method of making, manufacturing or producing orthopedic soft tissue" was invented by Tony Chen (Highland Park, N.J.), Suzanne A. Maher (Highland Lakes, N.J.) and Russell Warren (Greenwich, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved method of making, manufacturing and/or producing engineered orthopedic soft tissue including cartilage, meniscus, annulus fibrosus, and tendon/ligaments which results in engineered soft tissue in which the fibers are aligned the same or nearly ...