ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,384, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City).
"Osteochondral plug forming systems and methods" was invented by Zackery K. Evans (Woods Cross, Utah), T. Wade Fallin (Hyde Park, Utah), Travis G. Maak (Park City, Utah) and Charles L. Saltzman (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing and/or delivering an osteochondral plug may include, positioning a tissue graft on a cutting guide, wherein the tissue graft may have been removed from a larger body of tissue to define a shaped surface. The tissue graft may include a top surface having a cartilage surface. The me...