ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,644, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. (Munich).
"Carrier, use of a carrier, method of activating a carrier and method of making a carrier" was invented by Dirk-Michael Drotlef (Sindelfingen, Germany), Metin Sitti (Stuttgart, Germany) and Morteza Amjadi (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a carrier for adhesive, with the carrier being configured to be attached to a surface having a topology, in particular a time variable topology, such as a part of a human or animal body. The invention further relates to a use of the carrier...