US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Sept. 2 for "Method and device for creating organotypic lumen models in a microwell plate" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,477, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Method and device for creating organotypic lumen models in a microwell plate" was invented by David J. Beebe (Monona, Wis.) and Patrick H. McMinn (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device of creating a lumen model in a microwell plate defining a well is provided. A rod is inserted through the well of the microwell plate and the well is filled with a polymerizable material. The material is polymerized in the well. The rod is removed from the well of the microwell plate such that the polymerized material defines a lume...