ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,454, issued on July 1, was assigned to Pramand LLC (Bedford, Mass.).
"Hydrogels formed in situ and composition design for intrauterine use" was invented by Michael Bassett (Hampton, N.H.) and Ian Feldberg (Sudbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical hydrogel systems for providing improved properties for certain medical applications are described. The hydrogel systems are effective for forming a space filling hydrogel in a body cavity and for the prevention of adhesion formation between tissues within the body cavity following a surgical procedure. Hydrogel delivery systems for transcervical delivery of a premixed precursor s...