ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,262, issued on May 12, was assigned to SHANDONG JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY (Jinan, China).

"Geogrid prepared by recycling medical waste and preparation method therefor, and use in foundation reinforcement" was invented by Jin Li (Jinan, China), Enzhou Di (Jinan, China), Miaozhang Yu (Jinan, China), Shen Zuo (Jinan, China), Peng Jiang (Jinan, China) and Xinzhuang Cui (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A geogrid prepared by recycling medical waste and a preparation method therefor, and use in foundation reinforcement. The method includes: recycling medical waste for treatment and processing the medical waste into a crushed material; ...