ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,853, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Co.DON GmbH (Leipzig, Germany).
"Method for cultivation of cartilage and spheroids thereof" was invented by Christian Kaps (Berlin), Giulietta Roel (Berlin) and Claudia Eschen (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for propagating or enriching cartilage cells and providing spheroids thereof, wherein the spheroids are useful for an autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) product. Hence, the invention in particular relates to the production of spheroids from articular cartilage and use thereof."
The patent was filed on June 2, 2020, under Application N...