ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,524, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAGA UNIVERSITY (Saga, Japan).
"Method for manufacturing luminal structure" was invented by Koichi Nakayama (Saga, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jig member for use in the manufacture of a luminal cell structure, in which needle-shaped bodies are arranged in a comb-like form on a thickness-direction surface of a plate-like support having a length direction, wherein a surface which is adjacent to the thickness-direction surface and is along the length direction is formed in a tapered shape toward tips of the needle-shaped bodies; and a jig for use in the manufacture of a luminal cell str...