ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,379, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to BIOTYX MEDICAL (SHENZHEN) Co. LTD (Shenzhen, China).
"Absorbable implantable device" was invented by Wenjiao Lin (Shenzhen, China) and Dong Bian (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbable implantable device, including an iron-based substrate, and a zinc-containing protective layer and a corrosion promoting layer provided on the iron-based substrate. The iron-based substrate has an outer wall and an inner wall. The zinc-containing protective layer covers the outer wall and the inner wall of the iron-based substrate. The corrosion promoting layer covers the zinc-containing prot...