US Patent Issued to BIOMEDIX on June 16 for "Methods and devices for medical implants" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,931, issued on June 16, was assigned to BIOMEDIX S.A. (Geneva).

"Methods and devices for medical implants" was invented by Norman Godin (Geneva).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for maintaining a medical device in place in a lumen of a hollow organ of a patient for a period of months or years includes not using a metal or bioresorbable self-expandable stent. Optionally, a platelet rich plasma (PRP) solution can be applied to a stent to integrate the stent into an interior passageway of a patient. The stent can optionally be formed of a nitinol and inserted through a mouth of the patient. Sutures can be used to attach the stent ...