US Patent Issued to CORTRONIK on Jan. 13 for "Automated method for the effective fixation of X-ray markers in vascular implants" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,203, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CORTRONIK GmbH (Rostock-Warnemunde, Germany).

"Automated method for the effective fixation of X-ray markers in vascular implants" was invented by Bjoern Rueter (Ostseebad Nienhagen, Germany), Ullrich Bayer (Bad Doberan, Germany), Iris Kirchner (Rostock, Germany), Sabine Illner (Rostock, Germany), Thomas Eickner (Rostock, Germany), Niels Grabow (Rostock, Germany) and Klaus-Peter Schmitz (Rostock, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for connecting an X-ray marker to a medical implant includes providing a medical implant having an opening for receiving the X-ray marker. An X-ray marker...