US Patent Issued to Warsaw Orthopedic on Feb. 24 for "Devices and methods for bone harvesting" (Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,223, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Devices and methods for bone harvesting" was invented by Matthew T. Marrapode (Boston), Jeffrey N. Wickham (Ooltewah, Tenn.), Fuad N. Mefleh (Thornton, Colo.), Jerald L. Redmond (Germantown, Tenn.), Benjamin T. Reves (Memphis, Tenn.), Christoph Scholtes (Louisville, Colo.) and James B. Kelley (Thornton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a bone implant for percutaneous use is provided. The bone implant comprises a head, a body adjacent to the head and a tip opposite the head. At least the head, body or tip is configured to contact b...