US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Oct. 27 for "Parylene coatings for medical articles that are cleanable and reduce microbial touch transfer" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,479, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Eagan, Minn.).

"Parylene coatings for medical articles that are cleanable and reduce microbial touch transfer" was invented by Ranjani V. Parthasarathy (Woodbury, Minn.), Jodi L. Connell (St. Paul, Minn.), Audrey A. Sherman (Woodbury, Minn.) and Daniel J. Rogers (Grant, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flexible medical articles have a barrier polymer coating that provides a cleanable surface and reduced microbial touch transfer. The articles may be flat or tubular. The articles are formed from a polymer composition containing one or more extractable co...