ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. RE51,030, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Avita Medical Americas LLC (Valencia, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for tissue processing and preparation of cell suspension therefrom" was invented by Andrew Perry Quick (Valencia, Calif.), David Allen Fencil (Valencia, Calif.) and William Ford Dolphin (Topanga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides for methods and at least partially automated devices suitable for producing a transplantable cellular suspension of living tissue suitable for promoting tissue regeneration in an epithelium-related procedure, as well as compositions produced therefrom. Tissue regenera...