US Patent Issued to Hothouse Medical on May 12 for "Textile products having selectively applied sealant or coating" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,005, issued on May 12, was assigned to Hothouse Medical Ltd. (Glasgow, Great Britain).

"Textile products having selectively applied sealant or coating" was invented by David Granville Stevenson (Bridge of Weir, Great Britain) and Timothy Rawden Ashton (West Kilbride, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable tubular textile graft includes a water-insoluble elastomeric sealant disposed at the textile tubular wall such that the graft is impermeable to water at 120 mm Hg pressure. The inner surface of the textile tubular wall configured to promote growth of biological tissue and/or promote growth of pseudointima."

The ...