ISTO awarded a patent for Fusion Osteobiologic Bone Graft Extender and Substitute

ISTO’s Fusion Osteobiologic Granted Patent (Walter Eisner @ OTW)
The U.S. Patent Office has issued a fundamental U.S. patent for the technology on which St. Louis-based ISTO Technologies, Inc.'s InQu Bone Graft Extender & Substitute is based. The product is a molecular entanglement of hyaluronic acid and a synthetic polymer to create a three-dimensional scaffold with a cell-friendly environment for bone growth.
The U.S. patent (No. 8,192,759, "Matrix Made of Polyester Polymers Entangled with Hyaluronic Polymers Useful for Supporting Tissue Repair"), filed in July 2005 and granted on June 5...