US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on March 17 for "Acacia nilotica based hydrogel and method of making the same" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,121, issued on March 17, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Acacia nilotica based hydrogel and method of making the same" was invented by Afrah Fahad Alkhuriji (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Manal Ahmed Awad (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Hayat Saeed Althobaiti (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Khalid Mustafa Ortashi (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Acacia nilotica based hydrogel may include chitosan in a 1% lactic acid solution, glycerol in distilled water, and Acacia nilotica. The Acacia nilotica may be an active ingredient. A method of treating wounds may include using the Acacia nilotica-based hydrog...