ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,366, issued on March 25, was assigned to DIALYBRID S.R.L. (Cantu, Italy).
"Hybrid scaffold suitable for regenerating animal tissues and process for producing the scaffold" was invented by Francesco Giovanni Greco (Cantu, Italy), Stefania Adele Riboldi (Milan), Sebastiao Nicolau Dentinho Van Uden (Sintra, Portugal), Valentina Ilaria Maria Catto (Brugherio, Italy) and Davide Meroni (Lissone, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid scaffold is disclosed which is made of materials that define peripheral layers designed to interface with the tissues in the implant site and one or more intermediate layers. The materials are combined...