ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,029, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BIOTRONIK AG (Buelach, Switzerland).
"Bioerodible magnesium alloy microstructures for endoprostheses" was invented by Jonathan S. Stinson (Plymouth, Minn.), Dennis A. Boismier (Shorewood, Minn.), Jacob Drew Edick (Minneapolis), Torsten Scheuermann (Munich), Louis Toth (Rogers, Minn.), Jan Weber (Maastricht, Netherlands) and Charles Deng (Chanhassen, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bioerodible endoprosthesis includes a bioerodible magnesium alloy. The bioerodible magnesium alloy has magnesium and one or more additional alloying elements, including aluminum. The alloy has a microstructure ...