US Patent Issued to Keramed on July 21 for "Antimicrobial polymer for use in ophthalmic implants" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,803, issued on July 21, was assigned to Keramed Inc..

"Antimicrobial polymer for use in ophthalmic implants" was invented by Yichieh Shiuey (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antimicrobial polymer for use in an ophthalmic implant, includes at least one antimicrobial monomer; and at least one other monomer selected from an acrylic, silicone, vinyl and collagen monomer."

The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2018, under Application No. 16/954,322.

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