ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,375, issued on April 14, was assigned to GUNZE Ltd. (Ayabe, Japan).
"Medical material" was invented by Yuuki Kato (Ayabe, Japan) and Hinami Nakamura (Ayabe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical material makes it possible to perform less invasive treatment of atrial septal defect and is unlikely to cause problems in the late post-treatment period. A medical material includes a substantially middle portion and two tubular portions (first tubular portion, second tubular portion) having a mesh structure formed of a bioabsorbable linear material and includes a proximal connecting part connected to a first end and a distal conne...