US Patent Issued to University of Washington on June 17 for "Oxygen reactive polymers for treatment of traumatic brain injury" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,773, issued on June 17, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle).

"Oxygen reactive polymers for treatment of traumatic brain injury" was invented by Patrick S. Stayton (Seattle), Menko P. Ypma (Seattle), Peter A. Chiarelli (Seattle), Joshua Sang Hun Park (Seattle), Richard G. Ellenbogen (Seattle), Julia Mengyun Xu (Seattle), Pierre D. Mourad (Seattle), Donghoon Lee (Seattle), Anthony Convertine (Seattle) and Forrest M. Kievit (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for treating traumatic brain injury. The methods and compositions utilize a multi-functional oxygen reactive polymer (ORP) that includes...