ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,110, issued on March 11, was assigned to TORNIER (Montbonnot Saint Martin, France).
"In vitro method for creating a viable connective tissue and/or osseous tissue" was invented by Michel Hassler (Saint Ismier, France) and Ghassene Ouenzerfi (Saint Martin d'Heres, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an in vitro method for creating a viable connective tissue and/or osseous tissue obtained by tribological solicitations of a biological culture. It further relates to a viable connective tissue and/or osseous tissue susceptible to be obtained by said method as well as to the use of said method or viable ...