US Patent Issued to Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education on March 25 for "Smart composite with antibiofilm, mineralizing, and antiinfection therapeutic effects" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,121, issued on March 25, was assigned to Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education.

"Smart composite with antibiofilm, mineralizing, and antiinfection therapeutic effects" was invented by Santiago Orrego (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides novel multi-functional (e.g., repelling biofilms, promoting formation of minerals, and having anti-infection properties) biocomposites and methods of use thereof. In various embodiments, the present invention also provides method for simultaneously treating biofilms, promoting mineralization, treating infection, or any combination ther...