ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,666, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Moonshot Medical LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Hemostatic foams" was invented by Emily Meyering (Minneapolis) and Benjamin Arcand (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hemostatic formulation may include a gas component; a liquid vehicle; a surfactant; at least one of a mucosoadhesive or a thickening agent; and a coagulant. The at least one of the mucosoadhesive or the thickening agent may be Carbopol. The coagulant may include at least one of chitosan, kaolin, chitin. The surfactant may include at least one of polysorbate and glycerol. The hemostatic formulation may further include a viscosit...