US Patent Issued to Abbott Laboratories on Aug. 26 for "Fabric material for medical devices" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,845, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Ill.).

"Fabric material for medical devices" was invented by Yousef F. Alkhatib (Edina, Minn.), Jay Reimer (Saint Paul, Minn.), Paul E. Ashworth (Danbury, Wis.), Keith T. High (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Richard Kaleta (Arden Hills, Minn.) and Ryan Finn (Roseville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least a portion of fabrics for use in medical devices is formed from polymeric materials. The fabrics may be uncoated, partially coated or fully coated with one or more layers of a polymer. The fabrics may be used for the leaflets and/or cuffs of prosthetic heart...