US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES on Nov. 18 for "Polymer-coated substrate and medical analysis device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,455, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).

"Polymer-coated substrate and medical analysis device" was invented by Yasuhisa Minagawa (Kobe, Japan) and Mitsuko Takii (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a polymer-coated substrate in which a polymer layer formed on the surface of a substrate is stable for a long period of time even in a liquid environment, and a medical analysis device including the polymer-coated substrate. Included is a polymer-coated substrate which includes a substrate, a silane compound layer formed on a surface of the substrate, and a polymer layer fo...