US Patent Issued to Sofregen Medical on Feb. 4 for "Compositions comprising silk fibroin particles and uses thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,106, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Sofregen Medical Inc. (Framingham, Mass.).

"Compositions comprising silk fibroin particles and uses thereof" was invented by Anh Hoang-Lindsay (Boston), Christopher P. Gulka (Melrose, Mass.), Jodie E. M. Giordano (Bedford, Mass.), Joseph E. Brown (Melrose, Mass.) and Thomas L. Carroll (Melrose, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects described herein relate to compositions comprising silk fibroin particles and methods of using the same, as well as devices and methods of delivering such compositions. The compositions described herein are suitable for injection into a site of defect in...