US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on July 1 for "Dry double-sided material for adhesion of wet tissues and devices" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,443, issued on July 1, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Dry double-sided material for adhesion of wet tissues and devices" was invented by Xuanhe Zhao (Allston, Mass.) and Hyunwoo Yuk (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of adhering wet tissues together includes providing a dry adhesive material that contains one or more hydrophilic polymers, one or more amine coupling groups, and one or more cross linkers. The method including the steps of placing the dry adhesive material in contact with one or more wet tissue surfaces; allowing the dry adhesive material to absorb liquid...