US Patent Issued on Dec. 2 for "Biodegradable zinc-based materials including dispersed nanostructures for biomedical applications" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,205, issued on Dec. 2.

"Biodegradable zinc-based materials including dispersed nanostructures for biomedical applications" was invented by Zeyi Guan (Los Angeles), Jingke Liu (Los Angeles), Jasmine Li (Los Angeles), Xiaochun Li (Los Angeles) and Injoo Hwang (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biomedical device includes a zinc-based material including a matrix including zinc, and nanostructures dispersed in the matrix. Embodiments of this disclosure are directed to zinc (Zn)-based materials including dispersed nanostructures for biomedical applications and devices, such as bioresorbable vascular stents, bioresorbable ureteral...