ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,057, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Humacyte Inc (Research Triangle Park, New Caledonia) and Yale University (New Haven, Conn.).
"Tubular prostheses" was invented by Laura Niklason (Greenwich, Conn.), Angela Huang (New Haven, Conn.), Liping Zhao (New Haven, Conn.) and Shannon Dahl (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tubular prostheses are provided for use in airways, upper digestive, and urinary tracts. Each of these uses has its own specific sets of biological specifications, based on what it must contain and exclude and the physical and chemical pressures and stresses to which it is subjected. The prostheses may b...