US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on Nov. 4 for "Mesenchymal cell-binding composite material for tissue restoration" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,731, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Mesenchymal cell-binding composite material for tissue restoration" was invented by Russell Martin (Baltimore), Hai-quan Mao (Baltimore), Sashank Reddy (Baltimore), Justin Sacks (Baltimore), Xiaowei Li (Towson, Md.) and Brian Honewee Cho (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently disclosed composition and methods are provided for a nanofiber-hydrogel composite containing adipose cell binding moieties. A method for healing a soft tissue defect can include applying an adipose cell-binding composite material to a soft tissue defect in combinati...