ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,536, issued on June 16, was assigned to Orthocell Ltd. (Western Austrlia, Australia).

"Epineurium repair device and methods of use thereof" was invented by Minghao Zheng (City Beach, Australia) and Paul Anderson (Nedlands, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention relates generally to the repair of severed or damaged nerve and/or epineurium in a patient in need of such treatment. In particular, the present invention provides devices and methods of repairing severed or damaged nerve and/or epincurium. In some embodiments, a device is provided for the in vivo repair of severed or damaged nerve and/or epineurium com...