ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,129, issued on July 7, was assigned to Ethicon Inc. (Raritan, N.J.).
"Sealants for tissue closure" was invented by Salim A. Ghodbane (Piscataway, N.J.), Sai Veruva (Raritan, N.J.) and Mark Neubauer (Raritan, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to biodegradable bilayer sealants for tissue closure. The sealants of the invention are composed of two layers with different compliances. The layer in immediate contact with the tissue has high compliance. The second layer located immediately above the first sealant layer has low compliance, i.e. the sealant is much stiffer. The burst pressure of the bilayer sealants is en...