ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,545, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Boston).
"Macroencapsulation devices" was invented by Christopher Thanos (Cumberland, R.I.), Danya M. Lavin (Mansfield, Mass.), John Mills (Warwick, R.I.) and Megan Billings (Warwick, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to macroencapsulation devices and related methods of manufacture where the membranes of a device may be mounted to an associated frame in a relaxed, or slack, configuration prior to filling with a desired material."
The patent was filed on April 2, 2020, under Application No. 17/600,670.
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