ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,125, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Xeltis AG (Zurich).
"Electrospun suture ring" was invented by Vivian van der Burgt (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Susana Amorim Lopes (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Betty Baelus (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Roland Lambertus Joannes Lalieu (Weert, Netherlands) and Martijn Antonius Johannes Cox (Budel, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical implant is provided defined as an electrospun hollow-cored porous suture ring. The suture ring is a continuous ring made by rolling up circular sheet of electrospun material, which was electrospun over a cylindrical target. The suture ring, upon implantation,...