ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,094, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ROCHAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (San Antonio).
"Methods of treating cartilage with pseudoplastic hydrolyzed collagen-containing compositions" was invented by Jonathan Velasco (San Antonio), Ann Beal Salamone (Gainesville, Fla.), Rebecca McMahon (San Antonio), Nina Bionda (Ithaca, N.Y.), Fahimeh Tabatabaei (Boerne, Texas), Fawn Sanchez (Helotes, Texas) and Sergio Medina (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to treat cartilage and peri-cartilage is provided which utilizes a pseudoplastic scaffold comprising a PEGylated protein-containing microgel and a hydrolyzed collagen component. The pseu...