ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,186, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Cerulean Scientific Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Fluoropolymer based anti-thrombotic coatings" was invented by Saibal Bandyopadhyay (Lancaster, Pa.) and Andrew K. Jones (Lancaster, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for medical devices comprising one or more components comprised of a fluoropolymer and/or perfluorinated polymer and a liquid comprised of one or more fluorinated and/or perfluorinated liquids, wherein at least a portion of a surface of the one or more components comprised of a fluoropolymer and/or perfluorinated polymer comprises a surface layer of the fluo...