ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,616, issued on May 20, was assigned to Sichuan University (Chengdu, China).
"Anti-thrombotic and endothelialization-enhanced bioprosthetic valve material and preparation method thereof" was invented by Li Yang (Chengdu, China), Yunbing Wang (Chengdu, China), Rifang Luo (Chengdu, China) and Xingdong Zhang (Chengdu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-thrombotic and endothelialization-enhanced bioprosthetic valve material and preparation thereof are provided. The preparation method includes the following steps: immersing a glutaraldehyde cross-linked bioprosthetic valve material in functional reagent solution for 1-24 h, adjus...