US Patent Issued to Fibrothelium on Oct. 21 for "Preparation of fibroin and therapeutic products made thereof" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,240, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Fibrothelium GmbH (Aachen, Germany).

"Preparation of fibroin and therapeutic products made thereof" was invented by Marius Kopf (Erkelenz, Germany), Alexander Kopp (Aachen, Germany) and Aleksander Drinic (Herzogenrath, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes fibroin and a polyphosphate salt including a polyphosphate and a salt counter ion. The fibroin is derived from Lepidoptera and the medical device is selected from spun or knitted fibers, non-woven, woven, sponge, foam, membrane, film, 3D scaffold, particles, and powders."

The patent was filed on Aug. 23, 2019, unde...