US Patent Issued to SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, GUANGDONG HUAYI PLUMBING FITTINGS INDUSTRY, SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER on Feb. 24 for "4D printing method for in-situ regulation of functional properties of nickel-titanium alloy and use thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,721, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Guangzhou, China), GUANGDONG HUAYI PLUMBING FITTINGS INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Kaiping, China) and SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER (Guangzhou, China).

"4D printing method for in-situ regulation of functional properties of nickel-titanium alloy and use thereof" was invented by Chao Yang (Guangzhou, China), Haizhou Lu (Guangzhou, China), Yanfei Ding (Kaiping City, China), Yuanyuan Li (Guangzhou, China) and Jin Wang (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention belongs to the field of additive manufacturing technology, and discloses a 4D...