ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,867, issued on June 10, was assigned to JINWOO BIO Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Hyaluronate fiber and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Dong Keon Kweon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sin Hwan Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Soo Kim (Bucheon-si, South Korea), Da Wei Li (Seoul, South Korea), Myoung Han Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Ho Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Young Chan Jeon (Incheon, South Korea) and Joo Yeon Hong (Guri-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-strength hyaluronate fiber, suitable for use in a surgical suture, a lifting thread, a tissue-engineering scaffold, etc., and a manufacturing method t...