US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on May 12 for "Fast automated approach for the derivation of acellular extracellular matrix scaffolds from tissues" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,002, issued on May 12, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Fast automated approach for the derivation of acellular extracellular matrix scaffolds from tissues" was invented by Donald O. Freytes (Cary, N.C.), Camilo A. Mora-Navarro (Raleigh, N.C.) and Andreea Badileanu (Garner, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are systems, devices and methods to automate and optimize the decellularization process of representative tissues, such as soft tissues, for extracellular matrix (ECM)-based scaffold and biomaterial production. The automated decellularization processes and devices significantly red...