US Patent Issued to University of Georgia Research Foundation on Dec. 16 for "Nitric oxide releasing slippery surfaces for decreased fouling, thrombosis, and infection of medical devices" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,377, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc. (Athens, Ga.).

"Nitric oxide releasing slippery surfaces for decreased fouling, thrombosis, and infection of medical devices" was invented by Hitesh Handa (Athens, Ga.) and Marcus Goudie (Athens, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for treated articles of tubing having anti-fouling characteristics, methods of making treated articles of tubing, and the like. Disclosed herein are treated articles of tubing impregnated with a silicone oil and a nitric oxide release agent. Also described are methods for prep...