ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,216, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to AROA BIOSURGERY Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Bioactive agents and methods related thereto" was invented by Sandi Grainne Dempsey (Auckland, New Zealand), Barnaby Charles Hough May (Auckland, New Zealand) and Darren John Day (Wellington, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods for the detection, identification and use of one or more bioactive agents obtained from extracellular matrix in the presence of one or more cells, such as one or more cell-signalling polypeptides, and said bioactive agents. Research, diagnostic and therapeutic methods utilising s...