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. 12,605,255, 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 for osteochondral defect repair may include a guide configured to determine a topography of a section of a cartilage surface of a first bone. The guide may have a body defining a longitudinal axis, a plurality of legs extending from the body, and a locking...