US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, the University of Texas System on Oct. 28 for "Hydrogel membrane for adhesion prevention" (Florida, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,804, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Board of Regents, the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Hydrogel membrane for adhesion prevention" was invented by Christine E. Schmidt (Gainesville, Fla.), Scott A. Zawko (Austin, Texas) and Sarah M. Mayes (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biocompatible membrane comprised of alginate and hyaluronate. The membrane may be used to prevent unwanted scarring after surgery. The tissue adherence and the rate of bioresorption of the membrane may be modified through an external stimulus comprising a sequestering agent and a viscosity modifier."

The patent was filed on Jan. 26,...