US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on March 25 for "Epithelializing microporous biomaterial for use in avascular environments and in corneal implants" (Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,368, issued on March 25, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Epithelializing microporous biomaterial for use in avascular environments and in corneal implants" was invented by Gopalan V. Balaji (Kennett Square, Pa.), Paul J. Fischer (Wilmington, Del.), Thomas B. Schmiedel (Middletown, Del.) and Anuraag Singh (Hockessin, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microporous biocomposite that is suitable for surgical implantation in an avascular environment is provided. The microporous biocomposite includes (1) a polymer scaffold having a thickness less than about 100 micro metre and nodal structures that extend ...