ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,758, issued on March 4, was assigned to THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (Toronto) and SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE (Toronto).

"Adhesive device for biomedical applications and methods of use thereof" was invented by Paul Santerre (Toronto), Eli Sone (Toronto), Michael Floros (Toronto), Jeffrey Fialkov (Toronto) and Cari Whyne (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adhesive device for biomedical applications is provided comprising a support and one or more water insoluble compounds of structure 1 wherein B is an oligomer derived from a polyester, polyether, polyalkylene glycol, polysilicone or polycarbonate ...