US Patent Issued to DIMENSION INX on June 9 for "Method for fabrication of additively manufactured, self-gelling structures and their use" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,018, issued on June 9, was assigned to DIMENSION INX CORP (Chicago).

"Method for fabrication of additively manufactured, self-gelling structures and their use" was invented by Adam E. Jakus (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are Self-Gelling materials and structures or materials or structures having one or more self-gelling components that overcome existing gel limitations due to hydrogel localization for medical applications by providing, for example, 1) microstructurally, or physically, anchored characteristics to help localize the gel, and the overall printed, or otherwise formed structure, giving structural form to ...