Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Ceramic Barrier For Reducing Metal Ion Elution From Metal-Based Coronary Stents And A Method Of Manufacturing The Same' Filed by Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute For Medical Sciences And Technology

MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441075817 A) filed by Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute For Medical Sciences And Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on Oct. 7, 2024, for 'ceramic barrier for reducing metal ion elution from metal-based coronary stents and a method of manufacturing the same.'

Inventor(s) include Subhash Neyyattinkara Neelakandan; Sujesh Sreedharan; and Muraleedharan Chirathody Vayalappil.

The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a method for reducing or eliminating release of metal ions from a metal-based coronary sten...