ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,079, issued on May 27, was assigned to NEXTGEN BIOLOGICS INC. (Alachua, Fla.).
"Decellularized biomaterial from non-mammalian tissue" was invented by Ryanne Early (Fleming Island, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The growth factor profile, connective tissue matrix constituents, and immunoprivileged status of urodele extracellular matrix (ECM) and accompanying cutaneous tissue, plus the presence of antimicrobial peptides there, render urodele-derived tissue an ideal source for biological scaffolds for xenotransplantation. In particular, a biological scaffold biomaterial can be obtained by a process that entails (A) obtaining a tiss...