ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,541, issued on June 24, was assigned to BIOTRONIK AG (Buelach, Switzerland).
"Electrolyte for electropolishing titanium alloys" was invented by Robert Litschko (Rostock, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolyte for electropolishing metal surfaces, in particular workpieces, in particular made of titanium or titanium alloys such as nitinol. The electrolyte composition includes methanesulfonic acid and more than one polyhydric alcohol. The content of methanesulfonic acid is less than 15 vol %, the polyhydric alcohols having at least one diol and at least one polyalcohol. The at least one diol accounts for 20 to 65 vol %, an...