US Patent Issued to Hollister on June 3 for "Hygienic medical devices having hydrophilic coatings and methods of forming the same" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,511, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hollister Inc. (Libertyville, Ill.).

"Hygienic medical devices having hydrophilic coatings and methods of forming the same" was invented by David J. Farrell (Ballina, Ireland), John P. O'Mahony (Ardnacrusha, Ireland), James J. Fitzpatrick (Ballina, Ireland), Padraig M. O'Flynn (Ballina, Ireland), Paul C Fletter (Mt. Prospect, Ill.), William K. Arnold (Gurnee, Ill.), John T. Clarke (Galway, Ireland), Adam J. Foley (Swords, Ireland) and Malford E. Cullum (Grayslake, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hygienic Hydrophilic coatings, hydrophilic coating formulations and wetting fluids that include an...