US Patent Issued to Ethicon on Nov. 25 for "Sutures with coatings for detecting and reporting tissue infection" (New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,329, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Ethicon Inc. (Raritan, N.J.).

"Sutures with coatings for detecting and reporting tissue infection" was invented by Sasa Andjelic (Somerville, N.J.) and Leo B. Kriksunov (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to an implantable medical device, comprising: a device body, with at least a portion of said body coated by a sensing coating that comprises an echogenic material or a radiopaque material, or combinations thereof, said sensing coating configured to dissolve or swell in presence of at least one infection biomarker; wherein a portion of said sensing coa...