US Patent Issued to SEKISUI KASEI on Sept. 16 for "Hydrogel and uses therefor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,895, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SEKISUI KASEI Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Hydrogel and uses therefor" was invented by Ryo Akuta (Osaka, Japan) and Koichiro Okamoto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a hydrogel and use thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a hydrogel comprising water and a polymer matrix, wherein the polymer matrix comprises a copolymer of a monofunctional monomer having a hydrophilic group and one ethylenic unsaturated group, and a polyfunctional monomer having no ester bond, and having an amide group and 3 to 6 ethylenic unsaturated groups, 40...