ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,871, issued on June 10, was assigned to BIOTYX MEDICAL (SHENZHEN) Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Absorbable iron-based alloy implanted medical device and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Haiping Qi (Shenzhen, China) and Wenjiao Lin (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an absorbable iron-based alloy implanted medical device (1) and preparation method thereof. The device (1) comprises an iron-based alloy base (11), a degradable polymer (13) arranged on the surface of the iron-based alloy base, and an alkaline protector (12) arranged on the surface of the iron-based alloy base. The alkaline protector ...