US Patent Issued to Warsaw Orthopedic on March 24 for "Implantable mesh" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,525, issued on March 24, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Implantable mesh" was invented by Kelly W. Schlachter (Mason, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable mesh including demineralized bone fibers mechanically entangled into a biodegradable or permanent implantable mesh is provided. A method of preparing the implantable mesh is also provided. The method of preparing the implantable mesh includes mechanically entangling demineralized bone fibers with non-bone fibers to form the implantable mesh. The mechanical entanglement of the bone fibers into the implantable mesh is achieved by applying need...