ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,012, issued on July 22, was assigned to QINGDAO UNIVERSITY (Qingdao, China).
"Alginate fiber and preparation method thereof" was invented by Yanzhi Xia (Qingdao, China), Dagang Miao (Qingdao, China), Kai Li (Qingdao, China), Jiuyong Yao (Qingdao, China), Fangfang Cheng (Qingdao, China) and Changhai Xu (Qingdao, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alginate fiber and a preparation method thereof are provided. The preparation method of the alginate fiber includes: S10: preparing a spinning solution with a raw material including sodium alginate; S20: extruding the spinning solution obtained in S10 into a solidification bath to allow ...