US Patent Issued to 206 ORTHO on Sept. 8 for "Method and apparatus for treating bone fractures, and/or for fortifying and/ or augmenting bone, including the provision and use of composite implants, and novel composite structures which may be used for medical and non-medical applications" (Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,165, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to 206 ORTHO Inc. (Deerfield, N.H.).

"Method and apparatus for treating bone fractures, and/or for fortifying and/ or augmenting bone, including the provision and use of composite implants, and novel composite structures which may be used for medical and non-medical applications" was invented by Jeffrey A. D'Agostino (Deerfield, N.H.), Werner Blank (Wilton, Conn.), Charles Hegedus (Allentown, Pa.), Sandip Agarwal (Arlington, Mass.) and Elizabeth Nelson (Wellesley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite comprising: a barrier, said barrier being configured to selectively pass water, and sa...