US Patent Issued to VB Spine US Opco on Aug. 25 for "Graft scaffold" (Colorado, Georgia, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,476, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to VB Spine US Opco LLC (Leesburg, Va.).

"Graft scaffold" was invented by Lonnie Loutzenhiser (Denver), Joseph Michael Meyer (Bethel, Ohio) and Daniel Tavani (Duluth, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant that can hold bone graft material, and receive support from adjacent tissues and structures. In one aspect, the implant has an attachment region to directly engage with adjacent tissues and structures. In another aspect, the implant is malleable and can be manipulated to conform to the adjacent tissues and structures."

The patent was filed on Oct. 1, 2019, under Application No. 17/281,83...