US Patent Issued to Osteal Therapeutics on March 25 for "Total joint replacement infection control devices and methods" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,154, issued on March 25, was assigned to Osteal Therapeutics Inc. (Dallas).

"Total joint replacement infection control devices and methods" was invented by Brian C. de Beaubien (Dallas), Brian Bowman (Dallas), Benjamin Arnold (Dallas), Erika Lin (Dallas), Kristen Pena (Dallas) and Tina John (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic system for delivery of a therapeutic agent to a bone includes an elongate stem adapted to be inserted into an intramedullary canal, an inlet configured to receive the therapeutic agent, and one or more outlets configured to deliver the therapeutic agent to the bone. The elongate stem may compri...