ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,137, issued on July 7, was assigned to Abyrx Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"Therapeutic putties containing additives including processed human blood plasma" was invented by Richard L. Kronenthal (Fair Lawn, N.J.), John Pacifico (Greenwich, Conn.) and Aniq Darr (Riverdale, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are settable and non-settable compositions for use in surgical procedures comprising a variety of disclosed particles and optionally including previously unclotted, lyophilized, optionally crosslinked mammalian blood plasma. Also provided are related compositions, including surgical kits and packages, as well as methods o...