US Patent Issued to Tepha on Oct. 14 for "Resorbable nonwoven pouches for medical device implants" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,687, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Tepha Inc. (Lexington, Mass.).

"Resorbable nonwoven pouches for medical device implants" was invented by Skander Limem (Lynnfield, Mass.), David Martin (Arlington, Mass.), Said Rizk (Windham, N.H.) and Simon F. Williams (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nonwoven resorbable pouches that at least partially enclose implantable medical devices and improved methods for producing the implantable medical device pouches are described. The nonwoven pouches may comprise one or more drugs. Implantable medical devices that are placed in the pouches prior to implantation are prevented from mi...