US Patent Issued to Tech on March 31 for "Composition and method for creating nanoscale surface geometry on an implantable device" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,248, issued on March 31, was assigned to Tech Met Inc. (Glassport, Pa.).

"Composition and method for creating nanoscale surface geometry on an implantable device" was invented by Michael Vidra (Export, Pa.), Edward Palanko (New Stanton, Pa.), Robert Vaccaro (Greensburg, Pa.) and Jordan Incerpi (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for etching a surface of an implantable device are disclosed. The compositions generally include one or more alkali components, such as a metal hydroxide and optionally an amine, one or more chelating agents, and certain dissolved metals, such as component metals of the metal ...