US Patent Issued to Poly-Med on July 29 for "Double network hydrogel with anionic polymer and uses thereof" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,289, issued on July 29, was assigned to Poly-Med Inc. (Anderson, S.C.).

"Double network hydrogel with anionic polymer and uses thereof" was invented by Michael Aaron Vaughn (Anderson, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double network hydrogel consists of a first network and a second network, where the first network is, or includes, a first polymer that is formed, at least in part, of -CH2-CH(OH)- units, and the second network is, or includes, a second polymer that is formed, at least in part, of carboxyl (COOH)-containing units or salts thereof, sulfonyl (SO3H)-containing units or salts thereof, and at least one of hydroxyl (OH)-c...