US Patent Issued to Piper Access on Oct. 27 for "Alcohol-resistant siliconized polycarbonate polyurethanes and medical devices incorporating the same" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,363, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Piper Access LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Alcohol-resistant siliconized polycarbonate polyurethanes and medical devices incorporating the same" was invented by Jay Allen Muse (Salt Lake City), Nathaniel J. Fredin (Layton, Utah) and Sriram Venkataramani (Draper, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter can include an extruded shaft that includes a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end and a sidewall that defines at least a portion of the lumen, the sidewall includes a siliconized polycarbonate polyurethane of a specified formulation. Due to the formulation, the sidewall can be alco...