US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology, Cite of Hope on Sept. 16 for "Microcapillary mesh oxygen transporter for cell transplantations" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,018, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.) and Cite of Hope (Duarte, Calif.).

"Microcapillary mesh oxygen transporter for cell transplantations" was invented by Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, Calif.), Kuang-Ming Shang (Pasadena, Calif.) and Hirotake Komatsu (Temple City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-dimensional lattice or mesh scaffold for therapeutic cell implants is disclosed as well as methods for manufacture and use. The lattice is constructed of crisscrossing capillaries of hydrophobic parylene, such as parylene AF4, that may be coated with a hydrophilic polymer, such ...