US Patent Issued to Public University Corporation Yokohama City University on May 27 for "Construct having structure and cell mass linked together" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,080, issued on May 27, was assigned to Public University Corporation Yokohama City University (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Construct having structure and cell mass linked together" was invented by Hideki Taniguchi (Yokohama, Japan) and Tomomi Tadokoro (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a system for artificially inducing and regulating "tissue interactions" among multiple tissues. A construct for transplantation into a living body, which comprises a structure and a cell mass linked to each other, the structure being an object having a three-dimensional structure and capable of mimicking or resembling...