ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,246, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TORNIER SAS (Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, France).
"Bone graft shaper and patient specific bone graft" was invented by Nicolas Neichel (Le Sappey en Chartreuse, France), Matthieu Jean Marie Vennin (Grenoble, France), Cedric Leon (Saint-Ismier, France), Gilles Walch (Lyons, France), Pierric Deransart (Saint Martin d'uriage, France) and Pascal Boileau (Nice, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone press includes a base; a compression plate located opposite to the base; a housing that extends between the base and the compression plate, the housing extending along a longitudinal axis of the bone p...