US Patent Issued to TMD LAB on June 10 for "Nasolacrimal duct insertion member comprising shape memory polymer" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,870, issued on June 10, was assigned to TMD LAB Co. LTD (Seoul, South Korea).

"Nasolacrimal duct insertion member comprising shape memory polymer" was invented by Hak-Joon Sung (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Sook Yoon (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Bok Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Sang Ko (Seoul, South Korea) and Woo Beom Shin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a nasolacrimal duct insertion member comprising a shape memory polymer for treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction/stenosis, wherein the shape memory polymer comprises a crosslinkable functional group, such that the nasolacrimal duct...