US Patent Issued to Mesoblast International Sarl on Aug. 11 for "Method for improving visual acuity" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,683, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Mesoblast International Sarl (Meyrin, Switzerland).

"Method for improving visual acuity" was invented by Silviu Itescu (Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method of improving visual acuity in a subject suffering from an ocular disease. The method comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising mesenchymal lineage precursor or stem cells (MLPSCs) in an amount sufficient to improve visual acuity."

The patent was filed on Jan. 3, 2020, under Application No. 17/420,325.

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