US Patent Issued to Ethicon on Oct. 27 for "Medical sealants" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,471, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Ethicon Inc. (Raritan, N.J.).

"Medical sealants" was invented by Salim A. Ghodbane (Piscataway, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a sealant, and techniques for making and using the sealant. The sealant may include three components that, when combined, produce the sealant: an electrophilic component, a nucleophilic component, and a doping component. The electrophilic component may include a first electrophilic material having a first functionality of a first reactive group. The nucleophilic component may include a first nucleophilic material having a second functionality of a seco...