US Patent Issued to National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing on April 7 for "Prosthesis for the lung and the use thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,156, issued on April 7, was assigned to National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing (Beijing).

"Prosthesis for the lung and the use thereof" was invented by Nan Tang (Beijing), Huijuan Wu (Beijing) and Jiao Li (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to prosthesis for treating pulmonary fibrosis, in particular, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and a method for treating pulmonary fibrosis, in particular, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)."

The patent was filed on May 30, 2019, under Application No. 17/614,768.

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