US Patent Issued to NANTONG TEXTILE & SILK INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY on June 24 for "Long-acting antibacterial anti-stenosis functional urethral stent and preparation method thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,129, issued on June 24, was assigned to NANTONG TEXTILE & SILK INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Nantong, China) and SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY (Suzhou, China).

"Long-acting antibacterial anti-stenosis functional urethral stent and preparation method thereof" was invented by Gang Li (Suzhou, China), Lu Li (Suzhou, China), Feng Li (Suzhou, China) and Lirong Duan (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A long-acting antibacterial anti-stenosis functional urethral stent and preparation method thereof is provided; the urethral stent is a tubular structure consisting of three layers: inner, middle and outer layers; the middle layer ...