ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,818, issued on June 2, was assigned to Creative Medical Technologies Inc. (Phoenix).
"Inducing and accelerating post-stroke recovery by administration of amniotic fluid derived stem cells" was invented by Thomas Ichim (San Diego) and Amit Patel (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are means of inducing and accelerating neurological recovery subsequent to a stroke through administration of amniotic fluid derived stem cells. In one embodiment stem cells are isolated from amniotic fluid and expanded under conditions allowing for expression of SSEA3, SSEA4, Tra1-60, Tra1-81, Tra2-54, Oct-4 and CD105. Said cells are sub...