Yuliang Wu

Title: Yuliang Wu and His Patent Contributions.

Introduction

Yuliang Wu is an inventor associated with Arlington, Texas, and The University of Texas System. His listed patent work focuses on plasma-deposited coatings designed to make devices, including contact lenses, wettable and resistant to biological fouling. Wu is credited with 2 patents.

Latest Patents

Wu’s listed patents describe coating technologies produced through pulsed plasma polymerization.

“Non-fouling, wettable coated devices” covers a device with a coating formed by gas-phase or plasma polymerization of an organic compound or monomer. The process uses a pulsed discharge with a low duty cycle, and the duty cycle can be varied to create gradient layers. The described coating is uniform, pinhole-free, transparent to visible light, oxygen-permeable, abrasion-resistant, wettable, and biologically non-fouling.

“Method for depositing a coating comprising pulsed plasma polymerization of a macrocycle” describes coatings made from macrocycles containing oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, or a combination of these heteroatoms. For contact lenses, the patent particularly describes gas-phase polymerization of cyclic ethers, such as crown ethers, using a pulsed discharge to produce wettable, non-fouling coatings.

Career Highlights

The available information associates Wu with The University of Texas System and identifies two patents centered on surface coatings and plasma-processing methods. These inventions address material properties relevant to devices that benefit from improved wettability and reduced biological fouling.

Collaborations

Wu’s listed coworkers include Richard B. Timmons and Charles R. Savage. Their names are associated with the patent work described here.

Conclusion

Yuliang Wu’s patent contributions focus on pulsed plasma polymerization methods for creating durable, wettable, and biologically non-fouling coatings, particularly for devices such as contact lenses.