US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on July 22 for "Quarternized titanium-nitride anti-bacterial coating for dental implants" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,583, issued on July 22, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation INC. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Quarternized titanium-nitride anti-bacterial coating for dental implants" was invented by Josephine F. Esquivel-Upshaw (Gainesville, Fla.), Fan Ren (Gainesville, Fla.), Patrick Carey (Gainesville, Fla.), Arthur E. Clark Jr. (Gainesville, Fla.) and Christopher D. Batich (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method for forming an anti-microbial layer on an apparatus. Also disclosed is a method for improving the anti-bacterial properties of a titanium device coated with titanium-nitride (TiN). Al...