ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,535, issued on March 31, was assigned to SMed-TA/TD LLC (Columbia City, Ind.).
"Medical implants with vent openings for molding" was invented by Gregory C. Stalcup (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Kreigh R. Williams (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming an implant includes: placing a porous scaffold having a plurality of pores formed therein in a mold part cavity of a mold cavity of a mold, the porous scaffold including two portions of biocompatible material and a barrier layer disposed between the two portions, the barrier layer including a solid sheet having a plurality of vent openings that are sized to allow...