ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,451, issued on July 1, was assigned to VeriGraft AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Methods of preparing personalized blood vessels" was invented by Raimund Strehl (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods of preparing personalized blood vessels, useful for transplantation with improved host compatibility and reduced susceptibility to thrombosis. Also provided are personalized blood vessels produced by the methods and use thereof in surgery."

The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2022, under Application No. 17/967,250.

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