ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,600, issued on May 27, was assigned to INNOVACELL GMBH (Innsbruck, Austria).
"Methods for obtaining induced smooth muscle cells" was invented by Marco Thurner (Innsbruck, Austria) and Rainer Marksteiner (Schwaz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods for obtaining induced smooth muscle cells (iSMCs), iSMCs, iSMCs for use in a method of treating a disease or disorder or for use in tissue engineering, and the use of skeletal muscle derived cells for obtaining iSMCs."
The patent was filed on March 23, 2020, under Application No. 17/441,690.
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