US Patent Issued to University of Utah Research Foundation on April 21 for "Osteochondral transfer systems and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,169, issued on April 21, was assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City).

"Osteochondral transfer systems and methods" was invented by Zackery Evans (Woods Cross, Utah), T. Wade Fallin (Hyde Park, Utah), Travis G. Maak (Park City, Utah), Charles L. Saltzman (Salt Lake City) and Austin Hickey (South Salt Lake City, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may be provided for osteochondral defect repair, and may include a guide with a first leg, a second leg, a third leg, a fourth leg, and a guide feature. The first leg, the second leg, the third leg, and the fourth leg may each have a distal tip. The dista...