ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,790, issued on July 22, was assigned to Renerva LLC (Pittsburgh).

"Extracellular matrix systems, devices, and methods of deployment" was invented by Lorenzo Soletti (Pittsburgh), Josh Bowman (Pittsburgh), Nicole Cwalina (Roswell, Ga.), Brandon Burger (Pittsburgh) and J. Christopher Flaherty (Nottingham, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for treating a nerve injury in a patient are provided. The system includes an extracellular matrix, a neutralizing element, and a reconstituting element. The extracellular matrix is configured to promote and/or sustain the growth of tissue and/or associated tissue prope...