ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,644, issued on May 26, was assigned to Nielson Scientific LLC (Lehi, Utah).
"Three-dimensional silicon scaffold for tissue engineering" was invented by Gregory Nolan Nielson (Lehi, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Three-dimensional scaffolds to facilitate engineered tissue growth are described herein. An exemplary scaffold comprises a first capillary element, a second capillary element, and a connective element that spans a distance between the first capillary element and the second capillary element, connecting the capillary elements. Tissues can be grown within the scaffold such that the tissues have highly vascularized structure...