US Patent Issued to GENIPHYS on Aug. 18 for "High-strength collagen compositions and methods of use" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,696, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to GENIPHYS INC. (Zionsville, Ind.).

"High-strength collagen compositions and methods of use" was invented by Sherry L. Voytik-Harbin (Zionsville, Ind.) and Theodore J. Puls (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to engineered collagen scaffolds with a thickness of from about 0.005 mm to about 3 mm, and with a high strength (e.g., a high elastic modulus of from about 0.5 MPa to about 200 MPa). The engineered collagen scaffolds can be non-collapsible and/or non-expandable. This disclosure also relates to methods of use of these collagen scaffolds."

The patent was filed ...