ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,527, issued on March 24, was assigned to RESTOR3D INC. (Durham, N.C.) and DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, N.C.).

"Sheet based triply periodic minimal surface implants for promoting osseointegration and methods for producing same" was invented by Andrew Todd Miller (Durham, N.C.), Matthew Rexrode (Durham, N.C.), Cambre Kelly (Durham, N.C.) and Ken Gall (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are implants and methods for producing implants. In at least one embodiment, the implants include sheet-based, triply periodic, minimal surface (TPMS) portions. According to one embodiment, the TPMS portions include a gyroid archite...