US Patent Issued to Medtronic Vascular on Sept. 30 for "Protected magnesium alloys for bioresorbable stents" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,231, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Medtronic Vascular Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Protected magnesium alloys for bioresorbable stents" was invented by Syamala Rani Pulugurtha (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Jeffrey Allen (Santa Rosa, Calif.), James Mitchell (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Christopher Storment (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Jill Mendelson (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biodegradable magnesium alloy implantable medical devices are protected to delay onset of corrosion, and thus biodegradability, or to corrode more uniformly. The protection allows for extended effective use of the devices while maintaining biodegradabi...