ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,180, issued on March 31, was assigned to SLEEP SOLUTIONS OF TEXAS LLC (Tyler, Texas).

"Medical device having a polymeric nanocomposite actively controlled for rapid healing of fractures and soft tissue injury" was invented by Raghavendra Vitthalrao Ghuge (Tyler, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices having a controller in operative communication with a polymeric nanocomposite treatment device are disclosed. The polymeric nanocomposite treatment device includes a layered construction having a top layer and a bottom layer, which both include a matrix variable density polytetrafluoroethylene, a layer of carbon nanostruct...