ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,185, issued on March 31, was assigned to ZOAN NUAIL TEORANTA (Galway, Ireland).
"Bone graft substitutes" was invented by James Martin (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a coral scaffold for use as a bone graft substitute. The method comprises growing coral in a growth medium having a carbonate hardness, dKH, of 10 or more; removing at least a portion of the coral from the growth medium; devitalising coral removed from the growth medium and sizing the devitalised coral to form the coral scaffold."
The patent was filed on June 2, 2021, under Application No. 18/007,...