US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Sept. 29 for "Textiles for implantation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,118, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Textiles for implantation" was invented by Rupesh Gajanan Nawalakhe (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.), Sandip Vasant Pawar (Irvine, Calif.), Siddharth Vad (Irvine, Calif.), Matthew A. Peterson (Costa Mesa, Calif.), David Robert Landon (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Zachary Charles VanEvery (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fabric having a honeycomb weave pattern is provided for use with medical implants. The fabric may be heat treated to increase a thickness and texture of the fabric. The fabric may be compliant and compressible for providin...