ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,173, issued on May 12, was assigned to B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD., AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY (Beer Sheva, Israel).

"Biodegradable polymeric compositions, methods of preparation and uses thereof" was invented by Amnon Sintov (Omer, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein compositions of polysaccharides chemically cross-linked by aromatic dialdehydes. The compositions may be in form of polymeric sheets for a variety of applications. Disclosed also nano-sized particles comprising the polysaccharide chemically cross-linked by aromatic dialdehydes. The nano-sized particles may further comprise lipids and su...