ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,174, issued on May 5, was assigned to CONTIPRO A.S. (Dolni Dobrouc, Czech Republic).

"Method of production of fibers and a device for carrying out the method" was invented by Tomas Medek (Usti nad Orlici, Czech Republic), Eliska Sestakova (Keblice, Czech Republic), Marek Pokorny (Cenkovice, Czech Republic) and Vladimir Velebny (Zamberk, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a method and device for the preparation of microfibres and nanofibres based on hyaluronic acid and/or a water-soluble metal or non-metal salt thereof or a mixture of salts and/or a derivative of hyaluronic acid by method of dr...