US Patent Issued to McMaster University on July 15 for "In situ gelling zwitterionic hydrogel compositions, and methods of use thereof" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,026, issued on July 15, was assigned to McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada).

"In situ gelling zwitterionic hydrogel compositions, and methods of use thereof" was invented by Todd Hoare (Ancaster, Canada), Jonathan Dorogin (Richmond Hill, Canada), Zhicheng Pan (Hamilton, Canada) and Nahieli Iyeida Preciado Rivera (Hamilton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an in situ-gelling hydrogel composition based on functionalized zwitterionic polymers. The resulting hydrogels exhibit highly anti-fouling, anti-adhesive, and lubricating properties to enable the fabrication of bulk hydrogels or hydrogel-based coati...