ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,813, issued on March 18, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA (Edmond, Okla.).

"Radially cross-aligned nanofiber membrane" was invented by Maurice Haff (Edmond, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling fiber cross-alignment in a nanofiber membrane, comprising: providing a multiple segment collector in an electrospinning device including a first and second segment electrically isolated from an intermediate segment positioned between the first and second segment, collectively presenting a cylindrical structure, rotating the cylindrical structure around a longitudinal axis proximate to an electrically cha...