US Patent Issued to Monarch Biosciences on May 27 for "Thin-film micromesh covers for medical devices and related methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,868, issued on May 27, was assigned to Monarch Biosciences Inc..

"Thin-film micromesh covers for medical devices and related methods" was invented by Colin Kealey (Los Angeles), Ian A. Cook (Los Angeles) and Vikas Gupta (San Leandro, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a thin-film mesh having a plurality of pores that form a region of high pore density flanked by regions of low pore density, where radiopaque markers delineate transition zones between regions. The thin-film mesh has a pore density of between 65 and 1075 pores per mm2 and a percent metal coverage of between 16 and 66%, and includes two thin-film...