ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,299, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Conn.).

"Maximizing distribution and minimizing washout of injectates in bone and method for enhanced aspirate extraction" was invented by Elliot Brown (Barrington, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods of distributing agents into bone and the maintenance of those agents within bone. These methods include mechanical, rheological, pharmacological, and other methods. By maintaining injectates within a targeted location in bone and increasing their distribution in bone, the methods are useful for purposes including but not limited to i...