US Patent Issued to W.L. Gore & Associates on March 11 for "Implantable encapsulation devices" (Arizona, Delaware, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,153, issued on March 11, was assigned to W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Implantable encapsulation devices" was invented by Edward H. Cully (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Edward Gunzel (Oxford, Pa.), Keith Knisley (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Greg Rusch (Newark, Del.) and Lauren Zambotti (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to implantable encapsulation devices for housing a biological moiety or a therapeutic device that contains a biological moiety. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an implantable apparatus that includes a distal end, a proximal end, a manifold includ...