US Patent Issued to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Sept. 29 for "Nanocomposite fibers with a dramatic reduction in human plasma coagulation time" (New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,304, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y.).

"Nanocomposite fibers with a dramatic reduction in human plasma coagulation time" was invented by Ranodhi Nilochani Udangawa (Troy, N.Y.), Chiara Diamante Mancinelli (Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.), Caitlyn A. Chapman (Pittsburgh), Charles Frederick Willard (Cambridge, Mass.), Trevor John Simmons (Troy, N.Y.) and Robert John Linhardt (Albany, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a cellulose-nanoclay hemostatic nanocomposite fiber, including the steps of preparing a homogenous cellulose solution including cellulose and a room temperatur...