US Patent Issued to Access Vascular on Aug. 12 for "High strength porous materials incorporating water soluble polymers" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,659, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Access Vascular Inc. (Billerica, Mass.).

"High strength porous materials incorporating water soluble polymers" was invented by Michael Bassett (Hampton, N.H.), James F. Biggins (Waltham, Mass.), Daniel T. Donahue (Cambridge, Mass.) and Matthew M. Mannarino (Burlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High strength biomedical materials and processes for making the same are disclosed. Included in the disclosure are nanoporous hydrophilic solids that can be extruded with a high aspect ratio to make high strength medical catheters and other devices with lubricious and biocompatible surfaces. P...