US Patent Issued to KONAN GAKUEN on March 25 for "Biomaterials for biological tissue repair" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,367, issued on March 25, was assigned to KONAN GAKUEN (Kobe, Japan).

"Biomaterials for biological tissue repair" was invented by Koji Nagahama (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present provides a biomaterial for repairing biological tissues, the biomaterial comprising: a water-soluble polymer having a reactive functional group A; and a cell having tissue-regenerating capacity and having, on the surface thereof, a reactive functional group B that can covalently bind to the reactive functional group A, wherein the biomaterial presents a hydrogel state when the reactive functional group A covalently binds to the reactive ...