ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,478, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Eagan, Minn.).
"Coated tubing for medical articles" was invented by Audrey A. Sherman (Woodbury, Minn.), Daniel J. Rogers (Grant, Minn.) and Matthew T. Scholz (Woodbury, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymeric tubing containing extractable component(s) for use in medical articles include a tube and a vapor-deposited coating of a barrier polymer covering at least a portion of the tube. The barrier polymer is derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer. The vapor-deposited polymer coating reduces the extraction of extractable component...