ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,725, issued on May 6, was assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami).

"Systems and methods for producing injectable enhanced stem cell exosomes, improved exosomes and methods of use" was invented by Sharan Ramaswamy (Miami), Manuel Perez (Miami) and Yih-Mei Lin (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure pertains to a non-living biological product. Particularly, exosomes derived from stem cells can help restore heart function. According to certain embodiments, a fluid-induced shear stress mechanical stimulation process of stem cells is used to augmented quantity and quality of exosomes produc...