ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,970, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to JOY MEDICAL DEVICES Corp. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
"Use of porous calcium-based granules for promoting healing of an intra-articular or peri-articular fracture of a fractured bone" was invented by Chien-Ping Ju (Kansas City, Mo.), Jiin-Huey Chern Lin (Winnetka, Ill.), Tai-Hua Yang (Tainan, Taiwan) and Yi-Chuan Chou (Tainan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for promoting healing of an intra-articular or peri-articular fracture of a fractured bone in a patient is provided, which involves administering porous calcium-based granules into a joint having a fractured bone with an intra-articul...