US Patent Issued to Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation on March 3 for "Biofabrication of vaginal support using vaginally derived cells" (Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,660, issued on March 3, was assigned to Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation (Pittsburgh).

"Biofabrication of vaginal support using vaginally derived cells" was invented by Pamela Moalli (Pittsburgh), Vivian Sung (Providence, R.I.) and Jeffrey Morgan (Sharon, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to a living tissue graft derived from autologous cells used to provide support or to strengthen/reinforce compromised tissue. The living tissue graft comprises both cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) and overcomes problems related to foreign body responses to synthetic materials and rejection reactions to allograf...