patent meaning medical
The word patent as several meanings in the medical industry. Patent has the medical meaning of open or unblocked. A medical patent also refers to a government license to prevent others from using an invention, and is used to refer to patented drugs and patented medical devices.edical Patents. A patent also refers to a license provided by the government to prevent others from practicing an invention for a limited period of time, in return for describing the invention in sufficient detail to allow one with 'ordinary skill in the art' to practice the invention once the patent expires.