ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,741, issued on July 8, was assigned to SMARTFREEZ, LDA (Porto Salvo, Portugal).

"Apparatus and method for measuring degradation kinetics of a biomaterial in aqueous solution below the normal freezing temperature" was invented by Andreia Filipa Silvestre Duarte (Sacavem, Portugal), Pedro Gil Sena Rego (Lisbon, Portugal) and Rui De Brito Estrela (Lisbon, Portugal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This present disclosure describes an apparatus and a method for measuring degradation kinetics of a biomaterial in aqueous solution below the normal freezing temperature. Further includes new systems comprising high-pressure containers with nuclea...