US Patent Issued to Medical Components on Sept. 15 for "Method and apparatus for printing radiopaque indicia" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,795, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Medical Components Inc. (Harleysville, Pa.).

"Method and apparatus for printing radiopaque indicia" was invented by Mark S. Fisher (Sellersville, Pa.) and Raymond D. Hawley (East Greenville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of printing radiopaque indicia on a medical device. The method includes applying radiopaque marking fluid to a surface of a plate comprising one or more etchings having a depth of at least 0.0001 inches, exposing the radiopaque marking fluid on the surface of the plate to air to allow the radiopaque marking fluid to achieve a sufficient level of tackiness, and t...