US Patent Issued to University of Central Florida Research Foundation on April 14 for "Augmented thermoset polymer sponges for in situ hemostatic treatment of external and internal wounds" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,693, issued on April 14, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Augmented thermoset polymer sponges for in situ hemostatic treatment of external and internal wounds" was invented by Kausik Mukhopadhyay (Orlando, Fla.) and Pritha Sarkar (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides a portable hemostatic bandage system, which comprises two formulations comprising siloxanes and blowing gas generating agents as well as a dual container device, optionally a dual syringe applicator, for in situ construction of a sponge-like polymer foam as hemostatic bandage materi...