US Patent Issued to DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET on March 31 for "Formation of monolithic nanostructures on prosthetic devices" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,982, issued on March 31, was assigned to DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET (Congens Lyngby, Denmark).

"Formation of monolithic nanostructures on prosthetic devices" was invented by Yiyu Ou (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark) and Paul Michael Petersen (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for formation of monolithic nanostructures on an implantable device includes: a. depositing a metal film to a surface of the implantable device; b. heating the metal film for a period of time, such that the metal film transforms into multiple discrete nanoparticles, the multiple nanoparticles thereby forming an etch mask on the surface ...