US Patent Issued to University of Cincinnati on Oct. 14 for "Coated medical devices and methods of inhibiting implant-associated infections" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,610, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati).

"Coated medical devices and methods of inhibiting implant-associated infections" was invented by Aaron Seitz (Cincinnati), Michael Edwards (Cincinnati), Erich Gulbins (Cincinnati) and Ryan Gobble (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for applying a coating to a surface of a substrate for inhibition and prevention of implant-associated complications (including implant-associated infections), methods for inhibiting and preventing implant-associated complications (including implant-associated infections), implant-associated infection inhibiting c...