US Patent Issued to MicroVascular Tissues on July 22 for "Compositions and methods for treating and preventing tissue injury and disease" (California, Minnesota, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,716, issued on July 22, was assigned to MicroVascular Tissues Inc. (San Diego).

"Compositions and methods for treating and preventing tissue injury and disease" was invented by Dale R. Peterson (Carlsbad, Calif.), Ralph-Heiko Mattern (Ramona, Calif.), Kevin L. Ohashi (Jamaica Plain, Mass.), Lael J. Pickett (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Glen Gong (San Carlos, Calif.) and Mohammad A. El-Kalay (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides novel compositions comprising multipotent cells or microvascular tissue, wherein the cells or tissue has been sterilized and/or treated to inactivated viruses, and related...