US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION on June 9 for "Degradable magnesium-based implant devices for bone fixation" (Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,019, issued on June 9, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh).

"Degradable magnesium-based implant devices for bone fixation" was invented by Prashant N. Kumta (Pittsburgh), Abhijit Roy (Pittsburgh), Da-Tren Chou (Bay Village, Ohio), Daeho Hong (Ramsey, N.J.) and Vijay S. Gorantla (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to biodegradable, magnesium alloys, compositions and composites, methods for their preparation and applications for their use as implantable medical devices in load-bearing conditions. The magnesium alloys are composed of alloying el...