US Patent Issued to The Curators of the University of Missouri on Aug. 26 for "Neutron capture therapy for infection control of surgical implants" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,173, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Mo.).

"Neutron capture therapy for infection control of surgical implants" was invented by John Gahl (Columbia, Mo.), John Brockman (Columbia, Mo.), Michael Flagg (Columbia, Mo.), David A. Volgas (Columbia, Mo.), James Stannard (Columbia, Mo.) and Charles Maitz (Columbia, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an implant comprising an isotope capable of producing a dose of ionizing radiation upon exposure to a flux of low energy neutrons, and a method in which, after implantation, the implant is exposed to a flux o...