ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,218, issued on April 8, was assigned to BIOTRONIK AG (Buelach, Switzerland).
"Method for mounting an x-ray marker in an implant" was invented by Fabian Risch (Doerflingen, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for connecting an X-ray marker to a base body of an implant is provided. The based body includes a receptacle for receiving an X-ray marker. A flexible film and an X-ray marker are arranged so that at least a section of the film is located between the receptacle and the X-ray marker. The X-ray marker is pressed into the receptacle while interposing the film so that the X-ray marker is plastically deformed and, tog...