ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,187, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ARMY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (Chongqing, China).

"Methods for preparing engineered microvessels and applications thereof" was invented by Chuhong Zhu (Chongqing, China) and Ming Ke (Chongqing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing an engineered microvessel is provided. The method includes: obtaining a first dispersion by mixing a thrombin solution, a vascular endothelial cell suspension, a cardiomyocyte suspension, and a portion of a mixed culture medium, and obtaining a second dispersion by mixing a fibrinogen solution, a collagen solution, and another portion of the mixed cultu...