ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,275, issued on July 14, was assigned to Orthocell Ltd. (Murdoch, Australia).
"Collagen construct and method for producing the collagen construct" was invented by Ming Hao Zheng (City Beach, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a collagen construct comprising a plurality of elongate strips, wherein each strip contains a plurality of collagen fibres that are substantially aligned along the length of the respective strips, and the strips are braided or woven together to produce a collagen construct in the form of a rope that can be used for replacing tendons or ligaments, such as cruciate ligaments. Also disclosed...