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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Jian Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
James Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher Barback, San Diego, CA (US);
Erin Ward, La Jolla, CA (US);
Natalie Mendez, La Jolla, CA (US);
Sarah Blair, San Diego, CA (US);
Andrew C. Kummel, San Diego, CA (US);
William C. Trogler, Del Mar, CA (US);
Tsai W. Sung, La Jolla, CA (US);
The Regents of the Unversity of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A composition for coating a medical device and a coated medical device are provided. The composition includes a polymeric matrix having non-toxic quantum dots or a fluorophore or both. The polymeric matrix contains the quantum dots or fluorophore and binds as a coating to the medical device. Coated medical devices can be readily identified within or outside of a body and in open or laparoscopically surgeries, greatly reducing or eliminating the risk of a retained foreign object.