US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Aug. 26 for "Micro physiological model for neuronal and muscular diseases and disorders" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,355, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Micro physiological model for neuronal and muscular diseases and disorders" was invented by Roger Dale Kamm (Cambridge, Mass.), Tatsuya Osaki (Cambridge, Mass.) and Sebastien Guy Marcel Uzel (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microfluidic devices with neuronal cells, muscle cells, and optionally other cell types co-cultured therein are provided. Typically one or more the cells has a mutation that contributes to or causes a neuronal or muscular disease or disorder. For example, in some embodiments, one or more of the cultur...