ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,457, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to INNOTHERAPY INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hemostatic dressing and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Soo Mi Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Mi Young Koh (Seoul, South Korea), Hong Kee Kim (Goyang-si, South Korea), Keum Yeon Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Moon Sue Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a hemostatic dressing. The hemostatic dressing includes: a porous matrix layer including a biocompatible polymer; a hemostatic layer loaded on the porous matrix layer and including a polymer in which polyhydric phenol-containing moieties are introduced; and a bi...