US Patent Issued to Allosource on Oct. 27 for "Method and apparatus for effecting osteochondral restoration" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,221, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Allosource (Centennial, Colo.).

"Method and apparatus for effecting osteochondral restoration" was invented by Brendan Thies (Woodstock, Ga.), Justin Sluder (Marietta, Ga.), Leigh Anne Boros (Marietta, Ga.) and Stephen Wilson Braun (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed apparatus for effecting osteochondral restoration. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a tube having a distal end, a proximal end and a lumen extending therebetween. A drill shaft is rotatably disposed in the lumen of the tube, the drill shaft comprising a distal end and a proximal end. At least on...