US Patent Issued to CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES on May 13 for "Functionalisation of medical devices" (Illinois, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,071, issued on May 13, was assigned to CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Las Vegas).

"Functionalisation of medical devices" was invented by Rachel Zimet Pytel (Newton, Mass.) and Neal Robert Carty (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of modifying medical devices and medical devices are disclosed. One embodiment of a method of modifying a medical device includes functionalizing a surface of the medical device using cold plasma. One embodiment of a medical device is obtained by a method of modifying a device that includes functionalizing a surface of the medical device using cold plasma."

The patent was filed on Dec. 29, 2021, un...