US Patent Issued to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on Dec. 9 for "Micro-engineered models of the human eye and methods of use" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,374, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).

"Micro-engineered models of the human eye and methods of use" was invented by Sunghee Estelle Park (Philadelphia), Wenli Yang (Media, Pa.), Dwight E. Stambolian (Monroeville, N.J.) and Dongeun Huh (Villanova, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This present disclosure relates to a bioengineering approach based on microphysiological culture to mimic tissue-tissue interface. Accordingly, the present disclosure provides methods, compositions and kits related to the approach."

The patent was filed on May 14, 2024, under Application No. 18...