US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on Sept. 23 for "In vivo radical-mediated polymerization for targeted delivery of trophic factors" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,966, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"In vivo radical-mediated polymerization for targeted delivery of trophic factors" was invented by Christopher Lowe (Piscataway, N.J.), David I. Shreiber (Whitehouse Station, N.J.), Emily DiMartini (Brick Township, N.J.) and Adam Gormley (New Brunswick, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a biocompatible conjugate for treating a disease or an injury. The conjugate contains a polymer covalently linked to one or more moieties each containing a polymerizable functional group. The conjugate forms a c...