US Patent Issued to Florida Southern College on Sept. 1 for "Active agent-eluting hemostatic agents for prevention of surgical site infection" (Florida, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,928, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Florida Southern College (Lakeland, Fla.).

"Active agent-eluting hemostatic agents for prevention of surgical site infection" was invented by Shameka J. Shelby (Auburndale, Fla.), Zachary D. Fralish (Niceville, Fla.) and Keith R. Berend (New Albany, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel active agent-eluting hemostatic agent and methods of use and manufacture thereof are presented. A polymer, such as gelatin, is used as the base for a hemostatic agent. The gelatin is crosslinked with a chemical crosslinker, such as a carbodiimide, in the presence of an active agent. The active agent may be...