US Patent Issued to Virginia Commonwealth University on June 24 for "Compositions and methods for restoring or increasing tissue perfusion" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,012, issued on June 24, was assigned to Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Va.).

"Compositions and methods for restoring or increasing tissue perfusion" was invented by Martin J. Mangino (Richmond, Va.) and Loren K. Liebrecht (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for restoring or increasing tissue perfusion is provided. The composition includes polyethylene glycol polymers (PEG) with a molecular weight of 18,000-100,000 Da at a concentration of 5-20% by weight; PEG with a molecular weight of 1,000-10,000 Da at a concentration of 1-30% by weight; and water, wherein said PEG with a molecular weight of 18,...