US Patent Issued to Iowa State University Research Foundation on Feb. 3 for "Conductive graphene matrix-encapsulated cells" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,306, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa).

"Conductive graphene matrix-encapsulated cells" was invented by Nicole Nastaran Hashemi (Ames, Iowa), Reza Montazami (Ames, Iowa), Marilyn Christine McNamara (Ames, Iowa) and Jasmin Okuzono (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments disclosed relate to conductive graphene matrix-encapsulated cells. A matrix-encapsulated cell includes an encapsulating polymer matrix including a biopolymer and graphene. The matrix-encapsulated cell also includes one or more of the cells encapsulated within the encapsulating polymer, wh...