US Patent Issued to University of Rochester on Nov. 18 for "Bioengineered wharton's jelly derived extracellular matrix" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,282, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to University of Rochester (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Bioengineered wharton's jelly derived extracellular matrix" was invented by Omar Aljitawi (Pittsford, N.Y.), Hani Awad (Rochester, N.Y.) and Michael Becker (Pittsford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides bioengineered extracellular matrix model derived from decellularized Wharton's jelly matrix (DWJM) and methods for making and using the same. After decellularization, the DWJM is homogenized, frozen, and lyophilized in a mold to form a molded scaffold having a substantially uniform pore size, pore distribution, and matri...