ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,679, issued on June 16, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Methods and apparatus for coating bone particles using a mesh" was invented by Leenaporn Jongpaiboonkit (Sterling, Mass.), William J. Bastan (Hillsborough, N.J.), Timothy Edward Holleran (Howell, N.J.) and Javad A. Mirza (Morganville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for coating bone particles are provided. The methods and apparatus comprise providing a first mesh having a first set of openings to allow coating liquid and bone particles of a select size therethrough and bone particles larger than the select size to remain on the f...