US Patent Issued to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology on Sept. 9 for "Tissue-derived scaffolding materials and method for tissue formation" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,251, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, N.J.).

"Tissue-derived scaffolding materials and method for tissue formation" was invented by Hongjun Wang (Millburn, N.J.), Meng Xu (Secaucus, N.J.), Deep Parikh (South Plainfield, N.J.), Jin Zou (Rutherford, N.J.) and Weiwei Wang (Jersey City, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with the method of the present invention, 3D tissue-derived scaffolding materials are made in various formats, including but not limited to hydrogel, sponge, fibers, microspheres, and films, all of which function to better preserve natural ex...