ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,084, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).
"Synthetic hydrogel carriers for muscle repair" was invented by Woojin Han (Atlanta), Andres J. Garcia (Atlanta) and Young C. Jang (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are hydrogels that can be loaded with myogenic agents, for instance muscle stem cells (MuSCs)/satellite cells, pro-myogenic factors, and combinations thereof. The hydrogels can be contacted with damaged muscle tissue, thereby facilitating muscle growth and repair. Further provided are methods of repairing muscle tissue in a patient in need thereof, said methods comprising...