US Patent Issued to Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation on Nov. 11 for "Elastomeric auxetic membrane for urogynecological and abdominal implantations" (Pennsylvania, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,475, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation (Pittsburgh).

"Elastomeric auxetic membrane for urogynecological and abdominal implantations" was invented by Katrina Marquita Knight (Pittsburgh), Pamela A. Moalli (Pittsburgh), Steven D. Abramowitch (Butler, Pa.) and Ken Gall (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to the use of auxetic geometries to construct the pores of membranes. Auxetic geometries expand in the transverse direction when stretched along the longitudinal direction. This behavior is counterintuitive as most materials contract in the transverse direction wh...