US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on Sept. 9 for "Catheter insert devices" (Michigan, California, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,254, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Catheter insert devices" was invented by Maria Kim (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Elizabeth J. Brisbois (Athens, Ga.), Joshua C. Doverspike (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Shale J. Mack (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Orsolya I. Lautner-Csorba (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Kamila Katarzyna Konopinska (Vista, Calif.) and Mark E. Meyerhoff (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter insert device includes a powder composition, and a housing. The powder composition includes a solid phase S-nitrosothiol (RSNO). The housing includes a polymeric wall that is i) perm...