US Patent Issued to TOPPAN PRINTING, OSAKA UNIVERSITY on June 10 for "Abnormal cardiac rhythm myocardial model and method for producing same, agent for forming abnormal cardiac rhythm myocardial model, and method for evaluating drug efficacy of heart disease therapeutic" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,433, issued on June 10, was assigned to TOPPAN PRINTING Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and OSAKA UNIVERSITY (Osaka, Japan).

"Abnormal cardiac rhythm myocardial model and method for producing same, agent for forming abnormal cardiac rhythm myocardial model, and method for evaluating drug efficacy of heart disease therapeutic" was invented by Michiya Matsusaki (Suita, Japan), Shiro Kitano (Tokyo) and Shinji Irie (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an abnormal cardiac rhythm myocardial model composed of a three-dimensional tissue containing cells including the cardiomyocytes and collagen, wherein at least a portion ...