US Patent Issued to Warsaw Orthopedic on Sept. 29 for "Electron beam irradiated osteoinductive bone implant" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,308, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Electron beam irradiated osteoinductive bone implant" was invented by Kelly W. Schlachter (Mason, Tenn.), Erick Vasquez (Memphis, Tenn.) and Daniel A. Shimko (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making an electron beam irradiated osteoinductive implant is provided. The method comprises exposing an osteoinductive implant containing demineralized bone matrix (DBM) fibers to electron beam radiation at a dose of from about 10 kilograys to 100 kilograys for a period of time. The electron beam irradiation reduces microorganisms in the...