US Patent Issued to NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY on March 31 for "Moldable orthopedic composition with anti-washout property" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,000, issued on March 31, was assigned to NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Moldable orthopedic composition with anti-washout property" was invented by Hsu-Wei Fang (Taipei City, Taiwan), Hsiao-Hung Chiang (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chen-Ying Su (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an orthopedic composition, including: a powder composition including calcium sulfate hemihydrate, Beta-tricalcium phosphate and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose; and a solvent including glycerol and water. The orthopedic composition exhibits improved washout resistance. A method of manufacturing the orthoped...