US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Nov. 25 for "Injectable hydrogels for cell delivery to the vitreous" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,578, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston), The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc. (Boston) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Injectable hydrogels for cell delivery to the vitreous" was invented by Pierre A. Colombe (Boston), Deepti Singh (Boston), Myron Spector (Boston) and Michael Young (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure presents hydrogel compositions for use in the treatment of an ocular disorder (e.g., a retinal disease) and methods of treating an ocular disorder in a subject in need thereof with the hydrogel compositions. The hydroge...