ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,499, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Nanochon Inc. (Washington).

"Three-dimensionally printed tissue engineering scaffolds for tissue regeneration" was invented by Nathan Jonathan Castro (Long Beach, Calif.) and Benjamin Blair Holmes (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a three-dimensionally (3D) printed tissue engineering scaffold for tissue regeneration and a method for manufacturing the 3D printed tissue engineering scaffold. The 3D printed tissue engineering scaffold may be fabricated at least in part from a composite material having an insoluble component and soluble component. The three-...