ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,483, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Ethicon Inc. (Raritan, N.J.) and FERROSAN MEDICAL DEVICES A/S (Soborg, Denmark).

"Method for preparing a haemostatic composition" was invented by Peter Lund Hammershoj (Bronshoj, Denmark), Kristian Larsen (Vaerlose, Denmark), Douglas B. Johns (Milford, N.J.), Nicole Smith (Hoboken, N.J.), Michael Cardinale (Morristown, N.J.), Gabriella Ferrara (Old Tappan, N.J.) and Guanghui Zhang (Belle Mead, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a haemostatic composition comprising thrombin, the method comprising the step of reconstituting a dry thrombin ...