US Patent Issued to THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO on July 1 for "Anti-adhesive hydrogel composition" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,916, issued on July 1, was assigned to THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (Toronto).

"Anti-adhesive hydrogel composition" was invented by Molly Shoichet (York, Canada) and Michael J. Cooke (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reducing or limiting tissue adhesion comprises contacting the tissue with an effective amount of a hydrogel composition comprising: 2% to 6% by weight hyaluronan, and 3% to 18% by weight methylcellulose, wherein the combined total amount of hyaluronan and methylcellulose in the hydrogel is between 8 and 24% by weight; and wherein the ratio of hyaluronan:methylcellulose is between 1:...