US Patent Issued to University of Cincinnati on Sept. 30 for "Bioactive smart scaffolds for regenerative medicine" (Kentucky, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,227, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati).

"Bioactive smart scaffolds for regenerative medicine" was invented by Leyla Esfandiari (Cincinnati) and Gregory Harris (Cold Spring, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are implantable biomaterials for promoting regeneration of an injured biological tissue, the biomaterials including piezoelectric materials and an extracellular matrix specific to the injured biological tissue, wherein the piezoelectric materials and the extracellular matrix are electrospun together to provide tissue-specific bioactive piezoelectric nanofiber scaffolds. Als...