ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,068, issued on March 31, was assigned to POLY-MED INC. (Anderson, S.C.).
"Contraceptive medical devices" was invented by Michael Scott Taylor (Anderson, S.C.), Brian Gaerke (Travelers Rest, S.C.), David Gravett (Mountain View, Calif.), Anna Paola Soliani (Anderson, S.C.) and Kyle Garcia (Anderson, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are contraceptive medical devices that include at least a polymeric ring, a porous barrier material and an injection molding guide, where the guide may be symmetrical and/or have one or a plurality of planar surfaces, where the device may optionally administer at least one active agent."...