US Patent Issued to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY on Oct. 21 for "Topical treatment of wounds with statins and cholesterol for scar reduction" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,160, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Ill.).

"Topical treatment of wounds with statins and cholesterol for scar reduction" was invented by Thomas A. Mustoe (Evanston, Ill.), Robert D. Galiano (Chicago), Seok Jong Hong (Northbrook, Ill.), Ping Xie (Chicago) and Shengxian Jia (Wilmette, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions, systems, and methods for treating wounds with the combination of statins and cholesterol to help prevent and reduce scar formation."

The patent was filed on Feb. 5, 2024, under Application No. 18/432,829.

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