US Patent Issued to ACTIV' BIOMAT on July 14 for "Polymerisation station for grafting a bioactive coating" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,763, issued on July 14, was assigned to ACTIV' BIOMAT (Roissy Aeroport Cdg, France).

"Polymerisation station for grafting a bioactive coating" was invented by Daniel Blanquaert (Paris), Amelie Leroux (Ermont, France) and Veronique Migonney (Eaubonne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oxidation and grafting method for grafting a bioactive polymer, such as polyNaSS, onto an article, in particular a polymer or ceramic article. The method comprises a step of oxidation by ozonation and a step of grafting by radical polymerisation in a polymerisation station having a first reactor. The two steps of oxidation and grafting are carried...