ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,075, issued on June 24, was assigned to POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Pohang-si, South Korea) and KONKUK UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION CORP (Seoul, South Korea).

"Extracellular matrix-based bioadhesive" was invented by Hyeon Ji Kim (Changwon-si, South Korea), Je Hwan Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Won Il Han (Pohang-si, South Korea), Joon Young Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Ah Jang (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Dong Woo Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an extracellular matrix-based bioadhesive as an adhesive in the form of a composition incl...