ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,144, issued on July 8, was assigned to Gebauer-Klopotek Patent Verw Altungs-UG (Neuhausen, Germany).
"Stabilization of collagen scaffolds" was invented by Peter J. Klopotek (Neuhausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shape-stabilized collagen scaffolds and methods of obtaining such scaffolds are disclosed. Stroma can be harvested, for example, from human or porcine corneal stroma and shaped during excision or in a separate step after excision. Following shaping (and preferably decellularization), the excised stroma portion is subject to pressure, force or vacuum to reduce fluid content and then irradiated or otherwise treated t...