Extensive patents hold high value

Extensive intellectual property coverage

Implantica’s products and development devices are underpinned by an intellectual property portfolio. Patents have primarily been filed in the largest global markets such as Europe, US, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, China and Japan.

Significant time and effort have been devoted to developing extremely comprehensive patents for each of the products resulting in more than 1 000 patents divided into approximately 300 individual inventions all together for Implantica.

This powerful patent platform strategy has involved not only extensive individual patents but critically what is known as a “patent carpet bombing approach” supporting the inventions. Implantica provides a platform of additional protection overlapping each other and surrounding the related areas including variations of the core idea. The combined group of patents is together much stronger than the individual patents and to challenge such a patent group is much more difficult. Such an approach takes significant time and is expensive but enhances Implantica’s legal position. On average the patents per product include more than 1 000 claims and 300 figures with their attached explanation of each figure.

A robust and multi-layered approach to patent protection preserves the value of Implantica’s medical technology and is a key element of the business strategy. Filed for:

• Design of device
• Device methods of action
• Technologies used by sub-components and tools associated with device

Novel technologies well protected

The most important patents are the individual patents, group of patents and patent applications in the “patent carpet bombing” approach, which are designed to protect each product. Implantica has focused its patenting efforts on protecting how advanced technology should be able to move inside the body, including protection in the fields listed below:

• The cornerstone in bringing advanced technology into the body is the ability to control treatment on distance based on the eHealth platform, focusing on communication and programming in a safe way and sending energy wirelessly through intact skin.
• Specific patents for many different applications relating to the wireless powering system and eHealth platform with patents for each individual application or product and covering each individual invention with a group of patents.
• Hydraulic solutions – innovations concerning technology solutions for moving liquids, often between different parts of an implant, including the design of pumps, reservoirs, injection ports, etc. Hydraulic solutions may also be used for meeting requirements for parts exerting force.
• Stimulation technology – used for stimulation of human tissue, one example being intermittent stimuli of a ring muscle for closing an organ. Also used in the opening of organs in combination with hydraulic or mechanical constricting or releasing functions.

A large number of filed patents are designed to ensure an intellectual property portfolio for Implantica’s unique system and products.

To further enhance the likelihood for an optimal patent protection, product development has been ongoing in parallel giving further insight into the product and its protected features.

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