ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,007, issued on May 12, was assigned to Qvanteq AG (Zurich).
"Surface sealing for implants" was invented by Arik Zucker (Zurich, Switzerland), Armin W. Mader (Richterswil, Switzerland) and Stefano Buzzi (Birmensdorf, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an implant for insertion in a body lumen, wherein at least a portion of the surface is arranged to contact a wall of the body lumen and/or bodily fluid flowing through the lumen when the implant is inserted in the body lumen. The abovementioned portion of surface is covered with a surface sealing which is designed to dissolve within about 30 second...