US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on Nov. 18 for "Atraumatic removable cell encapsulation devices" (Delaware Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,337, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Atraumatic removable cell encapsulation devices" was invented by Edward H. Cully (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A therapeutic device includes a pouch having opposed first and second ends and first and second composite layers extending between the opposed first and second ends. The first composite layer includes a first cell permeable layer extending between the opposed first and second ends and a first cell retentive layer extending between the opposed first and second ends. The pouch includes a reservoir formed between the first and s...