ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,773, issued on April 8, was assigned to University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh).

"Shear-thinning therapeutic composition, and related methods" was invented by Xiaochu Ding (Pittsburgh), Jin Gao (Pittsburgh) and Yadong Wang (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shear-thinning therapeutic composition is provided along with methods of making and using the therapeutic composition."

The patent was filed on July 19, 2021, under Application No. 17/379,147.

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