US Patent Issued to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY on March 18 for "Surgical nano-biothread made from cellulose fiber" (Saudi Arabia, Malaysian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,101, issued on March 18, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Surgical nano-biothread made from cellulose fiber" was invented by Abm Sharif Hossain (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Hassan Ahmed Alrudayni (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Mohammed Saad Aleissa (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Fazliny Abdul Rahman (Kota Damansara, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a surgical biothread from natural cellulose fiber is provided. The method includes making nanoscale cellulose using acid hydrolysis and pyrolysis of a mixture of palm tree stems and banana flower bracts; mixing the nanoscale cell...