US Patent Issued to P TECH on March 25 for "Implant comprising nonbiologic portion and biologic portion" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,152, issued on March 25, was assigned to P TECH LLC (Manalapan, Fla.).

"Implant comprising nonbiologic portion and biologic portion" was invented by Peter M. Bonutti (Manalapan, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, an implant for replacing subject tissue includes a nonbiologic portion and a biologic portion grown on the nonbiologic portion. The biologic portion may be grown on the nonbiologic portion before being implanted in the subject. The nonbiologic portion may comprise a porous metal substrate (e.g., scaffolding). The nonbiologic portion may be formed by 3D printing (i.e., additive manufacturing). The nonbiologic...