US Patent Issued to Warsaw Orthopedic on May 6 for "Rollable bone implant for enclosing bone material" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,614, issued on May 6, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Rollable bone implant for enclosing bone material" was invented by Cheyenne S. Rhodes (Cordova, Tenn.) and Daniel A. Shimko (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone implant for enclosing bone material is provided. The bone implant comprises a covering, which can be a biodegradable mesh. The covering is configured to be rolled into a diameter to at least partially enclose the bone material within the covering. In some embodiments, the covering includes a body portion and a closure portion adjacent to the body portion. The closure portion is c...