US Patent Issued to RYMED TECHNOLOGIES on Nov. 4 for "Anti-microbial medical materials and devices" (Massachusetts, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,727, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to RYMED TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Anti-microbial medical materials and devices" was invented by Dana Wm. Ryan (Nolensville, Tenn.) and Mitchell Corey Sanders (Grafton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to materials and medical devices impregnated with antimicrobial compounds. More specifically, the materials are medical matrix materials comprising nanopores or nanochannels in which the antimicrobial compounds are disposed. In other embodiments, medical matrix materials comprises nanomaterials and antimicrobials distributed throughout the materi...