US Patent Issued to The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma on April 22 for "Ossicular prostheses for middle ear reconstruction" (Oklahoma, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,947, issued on April 22, was assigned to The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Okla.).

"Ossicular prostheses for middle ear reconstruction" was invented by Rong Z. Gan (Oklahoma City), Betty Tsai Do (Danville, Calif.) and Marcus A. Brown (Oklahoma City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ossicular prostheses, and methods for producing such, are disclosed for treatment of middle ear damage caused by a malady of the middle ear such as cholesteatoma. The ossicular prostheses comprises a strut component attached to a disc via a rigid or flexible connecting joint. The strut is attachable to a head or footplate of a subject...