US Patent Issued to University of Houston System on Jan. 28 for "Compositions, methods and kits for treating a contact lens" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,159, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to University of Houston System (Houston).

"Compositions, methods and kits for treating a contact lens" was invented by Guoting Qin (Pearland, Texas) and Chengzhi Cai (Pearland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are fluorinated compounds having chemical structures: (I) where n is 0 or greater, or (II) where m and n are 0 or greater, or an amino acid, a soluble polymer, an oligo(ethylene glycol), a poly(ethylene glycol), or a carbohydrate each fluorinated with perfluorocarbons having the chemical structure (III) where n is 0 or greater. These fluorinated compounds are utilized in...