US Patent Issued to OSAKA UNIVERSITY, TOPPAN HOLDINGS, KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORTION on Aug. 25 for "Method for freezing cell structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,096, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to OSAKA UNIVERSITY (Osaka, Japan), TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC. (Tokyo) and KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORTION (Kyoto, Japan).

"Method for freezing cell structure" was invented by Michiya Matsusaki (Suita, Japan), Fiona Louis (Suita, Japan), Shiro Kitano (Tokyo) and Yoshihiro Sowa (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for freezing a cell structure including freezing a cell structure including fragmented extracellular matrix components, cells and fibrin and having a three-dimensional tissue structure."

The patent was filed on Oct. 15, 2021, und...