ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,854, issued on May 27, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).
"Orthopaedic implant to administer a medical substance" was invented by Jarred A. Bressner (Baltimore), Mikhail Osanov (Baltimore) and Adam Levin (Baltimore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic implant with a medical dosing capability is disclosed herein. The orthopaedic implant may include a structure configured to interact with a bone of the patient. The orthopaedic implant may include a reservoir associated with the structure to hold a medical substance for treating a health condition of the patient. The orthopaedic implant may include a dosi...