US Patent Issued to Medacta International on Oct. 14 for "Biocompatible compositions comprising a biocompatible thickening polymer and a chitosan derivative" (Italian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,602, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Medacta International SA (Caster San Pietro, Switzerland).

"Biocompatible compositions comprising a biocompatible thickening polymer and a chitosan derivative" was invented by Andrea Travan (Trieste, Italy), Massimiliano Antonio Borgogna (Monfalcone, Italy), Matteo Parravicini (Como, Italy), Angelo De Lollis (Como, Italy) and Francesco Siccardi (Morcote, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biocompatible compositions, in particular for the preparation of a biodegradable coating for medical articles, include a biocompatible thickening polymer and a chitosan derivative comprising D-glucosam...