Looks cheap at this price.
and the technology looks sound, one for the future perhaps.

Inion Oy
08 January 2008



Inion stengthens international patent position for Inion OptimaPLUSTM bioactive
materials technology



Tampere, Finland and Guildford, UK. 8 January 2008...Inion Oy (LSE: IIN.L) ('
Inion'), a company focused on the development of novel biodegradable medical
implants, has been granted a patent in Australia covering a method for creating
its Inion OptimaPLUSTM bioactive and biodegradable material. Inion OptimaPLUSTM
is a material consisting of a specific solid matrix of resorbable polymer in
which N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) is dispersed in amounts sufficient to
stimulate bone growth. This material can be fashioned into medical implants to
support and enhance bone fracture healing.



The Australian patent (AU 2002346767) also covers other polymer compositions
containing NMP and strengthens Inion's international patent position in this
area of next-generation bioactive biomaterials. The equivalent patent is
already issued in the USA (US 6 926 906) and additional patent applications for
this novel technology are in progress in Europe, Brazil, Canada, China, Korea
and Japan.



Mr Chris Lee, Inion's Chief Executive Officer, commented: 'This new patent is an
important enhancement of our IP portfolio in the development of novel
biomaterials with bioactive qualities for creating next-generation medical
implants.'



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