ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,430, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).
"Bone harvesting" was invented by Maxim Budyansky (Baltimore), Neil Shah (Baltimore), Akhil Jay Khanna (Baltimore), Khaled M. Kebaish (Baltimore) and Lee Hunter Riley III (Baltimore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for harvesting cancellous bone are disclosed. The bone-harvesting device may include a cannula and a bone receptacle in communication with the cannula, wherein the cannula including a cutting surface positioned at or adjacent the distal end, the cutting surface being oriented at an angle, the angle being greater than 90 degr...