US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on May 19 for "Structural implant for bone repair" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,457, issued on May 19, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Structural implant for bone repair" was invented by Richard E. Riman (Piscataway, N.J.), Berra Beyoglu Siglam (Monroe Township, N.J.), Joachim B. Kohn (Piscataway, N.J.) and Yong Mao (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are composite materials comprising a porous, carbonated, calcium silicate ceramic having a microstructure comprising interconnected open pores; where the calcium silicate surface defining the pores is partially or completely coated with an amorphous silica layer, and the silica coating com...