ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,727, issued on July 15, was assigned to REGELTEC INC. (Baltimore).
"Hydrogels and method of making the same" was invented by Anthony Lowman (Clarksboro, N.J.), Thomas P. Schaer (Landenberg, Pa.), Peter Wilson (Killingworth, Conn.), Erik Brewer (Conshohocken, N.J.) and Nigel Gordon Smith (North Walsham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to hydrogels and their use for repairing or supplementing body tissue. The hydrogels are capable of safe injection into patients through fine gauge needles and are suitable for repairing, supplementing, or replacing the nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral dis...