ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,228, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Terumo Corp. (Tokyo).

"Polymer particles" was invented by Gregory M. Cruise (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Xinping Wu (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Gloria Hincapie (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Yue Wu (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are polymers and methods of forming and using same."

The patent was filed on Feb. 21, 2023, under Application No. 18/112,192.

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