US Patent Issued to GEISTLICH PHARMA on Aug. 11 for "Applicator of a spongeous collagen membrane and kit comprising such applicator and membrane" (Swiss, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,395, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to GEISTLICH PHARMA AG (Wolhusen, Switzerland).

"Applicator of a spongeous collagen membrane and kit comprising such applicator and membrane" was invented by Michael Tritto (North Potomac, Md.), Niklaus Stiefel (Lucerne, Switzerland), Raphael Kaufmann (Ruswil, Switzerland) and Mark Spilker (Kilchberg, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an applicator of a spongeous collagen membrane and a kit comprising such applicator and such membrane. The applicator comprises an applicator body having a guide extending in a direction from the proximal end to the distal end of the a...