US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION on June 30 for "Degradable magnesium tenting device for faster surgeries and improved outcomes in vertical ridge augmentation" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,449, issued on June 30, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh).

"Degradable magnesium tenting device for faster surgeries and improved outcomes in vertical ridge augmentation" was invented by Charles S. Sfeir (Wexford, Pa.) and Andrew J. Brown (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to magnesium screws and screw-like devices for dental implant surgery and, more particularly, to magnesium and magnesium-based tenting devices for implementation in periosteal and gingival tissue overlying an alveolar ridge of a mandible or maxilla to provide vertical r...