US Patent Issued to GREENMARK BIOMEDICAL on Dec. 30 for "Phosphate crosslinked starch nanoparticle and dental treatments" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,212, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GREENMARK BIOMEDICAL INC. (East Lansing, Mich.).

"Phosphate crosslinked starch nanoparticle and dental treatments" was invented by Steven Bloembergen (Okemos, Mich.) and Nathan A. Jones (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phosphorous compound such as STMP is used as a cross-linking agent while making a starch nanoparticle in an emulsion process. Negative charge of the nanoparticle is reduced or reversed by adding cations and/or cationizing the starch optionally while forming the nanoparticles. Anionic active agents, such as fluoride or fluorescein, are optionally incorporated int...