US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois on July 8 for "Polyphosphate-functionalized inorganic nanoparticles as hemostatic compositions and methods of use" (American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,399, issued on July 8, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.) and The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Ill.).

"Polyphosphate-functionalized inorganic nanoparticles as hemostatic compositions and methods of use" was invented by Damien Kudela (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Galen D. Stucky (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Anna May-Masnou (Barcelona, Spain), Gary Bernard Braun (San Diego), James H. Morrissey (Champaign, Ill.) and Stephanie A. Smith (Urbana, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hemostatic composition is provided. The hemostatic composition includes a hemostatically effectiv...