US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific on Sept. 15 for "Devices and methods for tissue transfer" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,044, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.), Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland) and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Devices and methods for tissue transfer" was invented by Dennis P. Colleran (Memphis, Tenn.), Ali Hosseini (Memphis, Tenn.) and Nehal N. Patel (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue transfer device includes a handle and a chisel attached to the handle. A pusher rod or tamp extends through the chisel and is axially moveable relative to the chisel. A control mechanism coupled to the handle moves the tamp distally relative to the outer t...