ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,970, issued on May 12, was assigned to Lung Biotechnology PBC (Silver Spring, Md.).

"Photocurable reinforcement of 3D printed hydrogel objects" was invented by Mora Carolynne Melican (Weston, Mass.), Lara Murcin (Stratham, N.H.), Barbara Nsiah (Manchester, N.H.), Richmon Lin (Silver Spring, Md.), Derek Morris (Bedford, N.H.), Lina Trigg (Silver Spring, Md.), Luis Alvarez (Lexington, Mass.), Mohammadali Safavieh (Nashua, N.H.), Masoud Modaresifar (Manchester, N.H.), Kalyan Vydiam (Manchester, N.H.) and Aman Kaur (Manchester, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides reinforced hydrogel structures, methods of r...