ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,612, issued on May 6, was assigned to LifeNet Health (Virginia Beach, Va.).
"Aligned fiber and method of use thereof" was invented by Michael Francis (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Roy Ogle (Virginia Beach, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scaffold comprising an aligned fiber. Further, a scaffold comprising one or more electrospun fibers wherein a fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis result of the fibers have adjacent major peaks with about 180deg apart from each other. Also, methods for promoting differentiation of stem cells into osteoblasts, chondrocytes, ligament or tendon, the method comprising culturing the cells on the scaffol...