US Patent Issued to CHECKPOINT SURGICAL on Feb. 25 for "Chitosan tubular member and method of producing" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,944, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to CHECKPOINT SURGICAL INC. (Independence, Ohio).

"Chitosan tubular member and method of producing" was invented by Rachel Dekeyser (Cleveland), Lisa Heller (Cleveland), Ben Cottrill (Cleveland), Derek Lewis (Cleveland) and Rachel Smith (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a medical device formed entirely from or formed partially from a polymer, e.g., a polysaccharide such as chitosan. In some embodiments, the medical device may be formed as a tubular member formed from a sheet of a chitosan material. This chitosan tube may be used to wrap around tissue, such as a nerve or tendon ...