US Patent Issued to PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY on Feb. 24 for "Coating-securing agent" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,452, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Coating-securing agent" was invented by Hideki Taniguchi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Soichiro Murata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a coating-fixing agent for transplanting a cell or a tissue onto the surface of an organ, intestinal membrane, peritoneal membrane, etc. Provided are: a formulation for coating and fixing a graft, the formulation comprising alginate; a formulation kit for coating and fixing a graft, comprising a formulation containing alginate and a divalent or higher valent metal salt...