ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,280, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SNVIA Co. LTD. (Busan, South Korea).

"Manufacture of photo-crosslinkable biodegradable tissue adhesive using copolymer" was invented by Seung Yun Yang (Miryang-si, South Korea), Samdae Park (Busan, South Korea) and Hyeseon Lee (Miryang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the manufacture of a photo-crosslinkable biodegradable tissue adhesive using a multinetwork-forming copolymer, and provides a hyaluronic acid copolymer compound having excellent elongation, mechanical properties, and tissue adhesion. The compound fundamentally does not undergo phase s...