ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,083, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea) and RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Nerve suture patch having self-healing property and production method thereof" was invented by Jong Woong Park (Seoul, South Korea), Donghee Son (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Mikyung Shin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a nerve suture patch having a self-healing property, and a production method thereof, and more specifically, to a self-healing nerve suture patch containing a self-healing...