US Patent Issued to Cell and Molecular Tissue Engineering on April 21 for "Implantable devices coated with extracellular matrix" (Michigan, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,241, issued on April 21, was assigned to Cell and Molecular Tissue Engineering LLC (Avon, Conn.).

"Implantable devices coated with extracellular matrix" was invented by Ulrike W. Menkes (Birmington, Mich.) and Donald L. Kreutzer (Avon, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are medical products, including an implantable device coated with an extracellular matrix comprising Type IV collagen and laminin, wherein the implantable device comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of sensors, meshes and cannulas, and the extracellular matrix contains no more than 0.024 mg/ml total concentration of gluc...