US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT HOSPITALO-UNIVERSITAIRE DE CHIRURGIE MINI-INVASIVE GUIDEE PAR L'IMAGE, INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE CONTRE LES CANCERS DE L'APPAREIL DIGESTIF (IRCAD) on May 6 for "Fluorescent polymeric coating film for medical devices" (French, South Korean, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,654, issued on May 6, was assigned to UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG (Strasbourg, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris), INSTITUT HOSPITALO-UNIVERSITAIRE DE CHIRURGIE MINI-INVASIVE GUIDEE PAR L'IMAGE (Strasbourg, France) and INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE CONTRE LES CANCERS DE L'APPAREIL DIGESTIF (IRCAD) (Strasbourg, France).

"Fluorescent polymeric coating film for medical devices" was invented by Andrey Klymchenko (Illkirch, France), Bohdan Andreiuk (Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France), Seong-Ho Kong (Seoul, South Korea), Michele Diana (Lingolsheim, France) and Renato Soares (Parana, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluore...