US Patent Issued to Oxford Medical Products on June 9 for "Plasticised superporous hydrogel" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,831, issued on June 9, was assigned to Oxford Medical Products Ltd. (Witney, Great Britain).

"Plasticised superporous hydrogel" was invented by Xue Min (Witney, Great Britain), Anthony John Fitzpatrick (Witney, Great Britain), Jan Tadeusz Czernuszka (Witney, Great Britain) and Camilla Easter (Witney, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a process for preparing a plasticised superporous hydrogel material comprising subjecting initial hydrogel material to treatment with an acidic solution, an optional treatment with a monovalent metal salt solution, freeze drying and plasticisation. Optionally, the process...