Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Method And Apparatus For Ultra-Rapid Preparation Of Corneas For Vitrification' Filed by 21St Century Medicine, Inc.

MUMBAI, India, March 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517012915 A) filed by 21St Century Medicine, Inc., Fontana, U.S.A., on Feb. 14, for 'method and apparatus for ultra-rapid preparation of corneas for vitrification.'

Inventor(s) include Ge, Xian; Wu, Jun; Wowk, Brian; and Fahy, Gregory, M.

The application for the patent was published on March 7, under issue no. 10/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method is disclosed for handling, treating, and storing corneas that enables vitrification in air and/or liquid nitrogen vapor and rewarming without appreciable cell loss, cell death, or functional impairment after transplantation compared to untreated contro...