US Patent Issued to BIOMIMETIC INNOVATIONS on Aug. 18 for "Soft tissue adhesive composition of alpha-TCP and phosphorylated amino acid" (Swedish, Irish, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,695, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to BIOMIMETIC INNOVATIONS Ltd. (Shannon, Ireland).

"Soft tissue adhesive composition of alpha-TCP and phosphorylated amino acid" was invented by Philip Procter (Divonne les Bains, France), Hakan Engqvist (Uppsala, Sweden), Michael Pujari-Palmer (Uppsala, Sweden) and Gerard Insley (Limerick, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a soft tissue adhesive comprising an aqueous composition comprising Alpha-TCP and a phosphorylated amino acid. The composition has improved mechanical strength and is easily applied to the tissue."

The patent was filed on March 21, 2024, u...