US Patent Issued to Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats, Fundacio Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, B. Braun Surgical on Nov. 18 for "Device capable of having antimicrobial, in particular bacteriostatic or bactericidal, activity" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,049, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (Barcelona, Spain), Fundacio Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques (Castelldefels, Spain) and B. Braun Surgical S.A. (Rubi, Spain).

"Device capable of having antimicrobial, in particular bacteriostatic or bactericidal, activity" was invented by Pau Turon Dols (Rubi, Spain), Irene Prieto Martinez (Rubi, Spain), Christine Weis (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Ignacio de Miguel (Castelldefels, Spain) and Romain Quidant (Castelldefels, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device configured for antimicrobial, in particular bacteriostatic or bactericidal, ...