ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,658, issued on June 17, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Graft delivery device with accurate dispensing" was invented by Adam D. Glaser (Germantown, Tenn.), Andrea L. Hartman (Memphis, Tenn.), Jeffrey L. Gum (Peewee Valley, Ky.), Ronald A. Lehman Jr. (Tenafly, N.J.), Christopher R. Good (Great Falls, Va.) and Douglas John Fox Jr. (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods for graft delivery with accurate dispensing. For example, a device for delivering graft material to a target site includes an actuation mechanism and a tube. The tube defines a lumen and an open end and is...