US Patent Issued to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE on Aug. 12 for "Coatings for biological interface on implants" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,492, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Columbus, Ohio).

"Coatings for biological interface on implants" was invented by Anthony D. Duong (Columbus, Ohio) and Erik W. Edwards (Gahanna, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are coatings made from a biocompatible controlled release polymer and an active component. The active component can be, for example, an antimicrobial agent, an immune modulating agent, a cell signaling factor, or a growth factor. The coating has micrometer and nanometer scale features on the surface thereof."

The patent was filed on April 2, 2019, under Application No. 1...