US Patent Issued to Syracuse University on Aug. 4 for "Method for forming and 3D printing double network hydrogels using temperature-controlled projection stereolithography" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,386, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Syracuse University (Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Method for forming and 3D printing double network hydrogels using temperature-controlled projection stereolithography" was invented by Pranav Soman (Chittenango, N.Y.) and Puskal Kunwar (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for shaping double-network hydrogels into customized 3D structures. A one-pot prepolymer formulation containing photo-cross-linkable acrylamide and thermoreversible sol-gel Kappa-carrageenan with a suitable crosslinker, and photo-initiator/absorbers was used. The formulation was polymerized using a TO...