gel-e Expands Patent Estate with Next Level of Exclusivity

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- gel-e Inc., announces the issuance of United States Patent Number 10,179,145 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which broadly claims and discloses uses of the Company's core technology.

This new issuance expands the Company's patent estate which covers bandages, gels, foams, and powders for the treatment of wounds and the rapid management of bleeding.  This intellectual property, in combination with gel-e's deep process know-how, protects a broad range of products designed to enable effective hemostasis (the process which causes bleeding to stop) through easy-to-use applications for professional healthcare providers, caregivers, and consumers.  This new patent covers the use of gel-e's core technology, that has been integrated into the Company's currently cleared products - Vascular gel-e and gel-e FLEX. See http://www.gel-e.co/products.html.

"These claims provide the next level of exclusivity around our technology, further protecting our platform and growing line of products," said Larry Tiffany, Chief Executive Officer of gel-e.  "These intellectual property rights are a significant next step in the evolution of our patent estate, and quite timely given our plans to commercialize Vascular gel-e and gel-e FLEX products for clinical and consumer applications." 

gel-e's line of high-performance products is enabled by a technology platform which enhances the natural characteristics of highly abundant polysaccharides.  Through proprietary modifications, our advanced biopolymers are designed to be durable, biocompatible, and highly functional, such that it can also be infused into, or onto, market leading products to improve their hemostatic performance. 

You can learn more about our technology, Vascular gel-e, gel-e FLEX and other tools the Company is developing including an overview by Stephen Hawking at http://www.gel-e.co/overview.html.

About the Company
gel-e is a life science company developing a versatile tool kit of devices that can treat wounds and rapidly manage bleeding.  Our versatile and growing product line has been designed for surgical, medical, and consumer applications.  gel-e combines the use of safe, inert ingredients with cutting-edge chemistry that has been designed for use across a broad spectrum of clinical applications, including vascular closure and during surgery.  gel-e's corporate headquarters and cGMP manufacturing plant are located in College Park, Md.

For additional information, please visit http://www.gel-e.co.

Contacts:
Larry Tiffany, gel-e, Inc.
(301) 529-4943 
[email protected]

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