US Patent Issued to Lehigh University on July 29 for "3D-printed scaffolds of peptide conjugate polymer" (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,290, issued on July 29, was assigned to Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pa.).

"3D-printed scaffolds of peptide conjugate polymer" was invented by Lesley W. Chow (Bethlehem, Pa.), Hannah L. Dailey (Neshanic Station, N.J.), Hafiz Busari (Greenville, S.C.), Peter Schwarzenberg (Fountain Hill, Pa.) and Katherine Hudson (Hopkinton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a 3D-printed scaffold comprising a peptide-polymer conjugate, the peptide-polymer conjugate having the structure: X-Y-Z-Y-X, wherein X is a biologically active peptide, Y is a linker moiety, and Z is a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer."

The patent w...