US Patent Issued to CORNING on June 17 for "Cross-linked shear thinning fluid with tunable rheology for 3D bioprinting and drug delivery" (New York, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,820, issued on June 17, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Cross-linked shear thinning fluid with tunable rheology for 3D bioprinting and drug delivery" was invented by Theresa Chang (Painted Post, N.Y.), Huayun Deng (Painted Post, N.Y.), Benjamin Leonard Linchuck (Charlotte, N.C.), Ying Wei (Painted Post, N.Y.), Ying Zhang (Horseheads, N.Y.) and Yue Zhou (Horseheads, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cross-linked shear-thinning fluids of pectic acid demonstrating increased viscosity with decreasing shear, as well as methods of producing and using the same. A shear-thinning fluid includes an aqueous solution of pectic a...