US Patent Issued to Warsaw Orthopedic on June 17 for "Bone material dispensing system and methods of use" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,430, issued on June 17, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Bone material dispensing system and methods of use" was invented by Benjamin T. Reves (Memphis, Tenn.), Joseph Thomas Hirsch (Memphis, Tenn.), Mark R. Grizzard (Munford, Tenn.) and Daniel A. Shimko (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone material dispensing system is provided. The bone material dispensing system comprises a funnel having a proximal portion, the proximal portion comprising a top end and a bottom end, the top end opposite the bottom end, the top end comprising a surface having a protrusion configured to receive a locking me...