ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,478, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to OSSIUM HEALTH INC. (San Francisco).

"Compositions and methods for extraction of mesenchymal stem cells" was invented by Erik J. Woods (Carmel, Ind.), Brian H. Johnstone (Fishers, Ind.), Dongsheng Gu (Indianapolis) and Hannah Marie Miller (Speedway, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for the extraction mesenchymal cells from deceased donor bone, and therapeutic applications thereof, along with combination therapeutic applications comprising mesenchymal cells from deceased donors and bone marrow derived from deceased donors are presented."

The patent was filed on Aug. 11,...