US Patent Issued to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Entegrion on April 7 for "Hemostatic textile" (North Carolina, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,191, issued on April 7, was assigned to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Entegrion Inc. (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).

"Hemostatic textile" was invented by Thomas H. Fischer (Hillsborough, N.C.), E. Stan Eskridge (Chapel Hill, N.C.), William M. Malloy (Cheraw, S.C.) and Malloy Evans (Cheraw, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a hemostatic textile, comprising: a material comprising a combination of glass fibers and one or more secondary fibers selected from the group consisting of silk fibers; ceramic fibers; raw or regenerated bamboo fibers; cotton fibers; ...