US Patent Issued to Arch Biosurgery on Aug. 19 for "Self-assembling peptide gel formulation and methods of use" (Massachusetts, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,552, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Arch Biosurgery Inc. (Framingham, Mass.).

"Self-assembling peptide gel formulation and methods of use" was invented by Terrence Norchi (Natick, Mass.), Chirag Shah (North Attleboro, Mass.) and Rutledge Ellis-Behnke (Myrtle Beach, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions containing self-assembling peptides and/or self-assembling peptidomimetics ("self-assembling peptides") can be used to create a long-lasting "lift" or means of elevating tissue to be resected, dissected, manipulated or repaired, as a bulking agent, or as a tissue forming matrix by injection of a solution that forms a sol...