MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611002007 A) filed by Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, on Jan. 8, for 'biocompatible hydrogel or film composition for wound healing and skin repair.'

Inventor(s) include Tanu Sandhu; and Amit Kotiyal.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a method (100) for preparing a biocompatible, biodegradable, and antioxidant hydrogel film derived from the polymeric sap of dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.) for wound healing and skin repair applications. The method (100) comprises extracting mucilag...