ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,238, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SANIDRINK S.R.L. (Naples, Italy).
"Antimicrobial tubular conduits" was invented by Aniello Cammarano (Ascea, Italy) and Luigi Nicolais (Ercolano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tubular conduits are provided which have an outer surface and/or an inner surface functionalized with at least one antimicrobial peptide having the sequence X1X2WVX3IWVX4X5, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 are independently selected from K andwherein each amino acid is independently in the D or L configuration, or a salt or solvate thereof. The tubular conduits are preferably made of biodegradable polymeric material....