US Patent Issued to Newrotex on Nov. 18 for "Bridging peripheral nerve gaps with conduits for enhanced nerve regeneration" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,923, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Newrotex Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).

"Bridging peripheral nerve gaps with conduits for enhanced nerve regeneration" was invented by Alexander Woods (Oxford, Great Britain), Robyn Plowright (Bicester, Great Britain) and Friedrich Vollrath (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions comprising containers and silk elements. Disclosed herein are methods of regenerating an at least partially severed nerve cell. Disclosed herein are compositions for regenerating an at least partially severed nerve cell."

The patent was filed on May 8, 2024, under Applica...