ISTO Technologies, an orthobiologics company focused on developing breakthrough products to regenerate and restore function to damaged cartilage and bone, announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for the company's InQu Bone Graft Extender & Substitute.
InQu is a platform technology for tissue regeneration and is used primarily as an osteobiologic product in spinal fusion applications and is manufactured and marketed in a variety of forms — granules, paste, putty and strip — to meet surgeons' needs for a variety of surgical applications. InQu has received 510(k) clearances as a bone graft extender and substitute, and since its launch in 2008, it has been used in over 17,000 orthopedic and spinal procedures to date.
InQu is a platform technology for tissue regeneration and is used primarily as an osteobiologic product in spinal fusion applications and is manufactured and marketed in a variety of forms — granules, paste, putty and strip — to meet surgeons' needs for a variety of surgical applications. InQu has received 510(k) clearances as a bone graft extender and substitute, and since its launch in 2008, it has been used in over 17,000 orthopedic and spinal procedures to date.
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