US Patent Issued to Ethicon on Feb. 18 for "2D and 3D bioscaffold extracellular structural unit and tissue structure design and methods of manufacture" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,547, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Ethicon Inc (Somerville, N.J.).

"2D and 3D bioscaffold extracellular structural unit and tissue structure design and methods of manufacture" was invented by Hector Javier Toro Estrella (Somerville, N.J.) and Orquidea Helen Garcia (Somerville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bioscaffold structure is provided, the bioscaffold comprising a plurality of connected unit cells, each unit cell comprising a plurality of filaments composed of an extracellular material containing Collagen I and Collagen III, wherein each of the plurality of unit cells includes at least one opening connected to an in...