ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,827, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Discure Technologies Ltd (Herzliya, Israel).
"Cartilage treatment" was invented by Yossi Gross (Moshav Mazor, Israel) and Yuval Mandelbaum (Gat-Rimon, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus is provided for treating hyaline cartilage of a subject, the apparatus including a chondral implant, which includes a first exposed electrode surface and which is configured to be implanted in osteochondral tissue of the subject. A second exposed electrode surface is configured to be implanted in a body of the subject. Control circuitry is configured to promote regeneration of the hyaline cartilage ...