Patents by Inventor Yongxing Qiu Qiu

Yongxing Qiu Qiu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for Making Medical Devices Having Antimicrobial Coatings Thereon
    Publication number: 20140112994
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a medical device, preferably a contact lens, having an antimicrobial metal-containing LbL coating on a medical device, wherein the antimicrobial metal-containing LbL coating comprises at least one layer of a negatively charged polyionic material having —COOAg groups and/or silver nanoparticles formed by reducing Ag+ ions associated with the —COO? groups of the negatively charged polyionic material. In addition, the present invention provides a medical device prepared according to a method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Michael F. Rubner, Sung Yun Yang, Yongxing Qiu Qiu, Lynn Cook Winterton, John Martin Lally