ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,780, issued on April 15, was assigned to OrthoTrophix Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).
"Method of treating osteoarthritis" was invented by Yoshinari Kumagai (Foster City, Calif.), Dawn McGuire (Orinda, Calif.), Meghan Miller (Antioch, Calif.) and David Rosen (New Braunfels, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating osteoarthritis by modifying the shape change of bone(s) underlying articular cartilage, comprising evaluating the bone shape of the patient's joint, injecting the patient with a peptide of SEQ ID No. 1 or applying other therapeutic interventions that can reduce the shape change of the bone(s) underlying articular car...