US Patent Issued to NOVOCHIZOL on Sept. 2 for "Preparation of composite gels, polymer scaffolds, aggregates and films comprising soluble cross-linked chitosan and uses thereof" (Russian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,221, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to NOVOCHIZOL SA (Monthey, Switzerland).

"Preparation of composite gels, polymer scaffolds, aggregates and films comprising soluble cross-linked chitosan and uses thereof" was invented by Vladislav Fomenko (Novosibirsk, Russia), Yuriy Kargapolov (Novosibirsk, Russia), Alexey Kharchenko (Novosibirsk, Russia) and David Sergeevichev (Novosibirsk, Russia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to gels, cryogels and other polymer scaffolds, solid surfaces, aggregates, films and coatings comprising a soluble chemically modified cross-linked chitosan useful for 3D cell and organo...