ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,461, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SUZHOU INNOTECH MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Coating with strong adhesion for medical magnesium alloys and preparation thereof" was invented by Chen Shi (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating with strong adhesion for medical magnesium alloys, including a magnesium phosphate or calcium phosphate layer as an inner layer and a hydrophobic polymer layer as an outer layer. The inner layer is attached to the medical magnesium alloy; and the outer layer is attached to the inner layer. A preparation method of the coating is also provided, including: (S1) carrying out ...