MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641073021 A) filed by Saveetha Institute Of Medical And Technical Sciences on June 12, 2026, for Bio-Derived Carbon-Dot Functionalized Areca Catechu Fibers For Fluorescent Biomedical Materials And Infection-Resistant Medical Devices.

Inventors include Dr. Raja Thandavamoorthy; Dr. Dhanraj Ganapathy; and Deepak Nallaswamy Veeraiyan.

The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.

Abstract: The present invention relates to biomaterials and nanotechnology, and discloses carbon-dot functionalized lignocellulosic fibers derived from Areca catechu for fluorescent biomedical applications and infection-resistant me...