US Patent Issued to Acuitive Technologies on Sept. 15 for "Interpositional patch systems and methods" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,278, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Acuitive Technologies Inc. (Allendale, N.J.).

"Interpositional patch systems and methods" was invented by Minh-Tuan Richard Tran (Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.), Michael P. McCarthy (Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.) and Rui J. Ferreira (Livingston, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patch system and method for musculoskeletal repair is provided, the patch system including a patch that defines a patch thickness, the patch fabricated, in whole or in part, from a composition that includes a citrate polymer and a bioceramic filler, and wherein the patch defines a porosity gradient across the patch thickness. The patch may ...