ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,476, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to PORIFEROUS LLC (Newnan, Ga.).
"Orbital floor implant" was invented by Aaron Noble (Newnan, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to an orbital floor implant (10). One embodiment provides an implant with a first surface that is a fully porous, bone-side layer (16) and a second surface that is a non-porous, orbital content-side layer (18). The implant material itself may be polymeric material throughout, without the need for an embedded mesh or other support matrix. The implant is provided in a pre-shaped configuration and is of a material that ...