US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Aug. 18 for "Anti-microbial activity through a protective coating on medical articles" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,700, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Eagan, Minn.).

"Anti-microbial activity through a protective coating on medical articles" was invented by Jodi L. Connell (St. Paul, Minn.), Audrey A. Sherman (Woodbury, Minn.), Daniel J. Rogers (Grant, Minn.) and Ranjani V. Parthasarathy (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical articles include a tube prepared from a polymer composition containing one or more extractable components. At least a portion of the exterior surface of the tube contains an anti-microbial layer. A transparent vapor-deposited coating of a barrier polymer derived from...