ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,407, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TAMPERE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SR (Tampereen Yliopisto, Finland).
"Bioink" was invented by Anni Moro (Tampereen Yliopisto, Finland) and Oommen Podiyan Oommen (Tampereen Yliopisto, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This relates to a hydrogel precursor composition and to a bioink obtainable from the hydrogel precursor composition, as well as a method of preparing and using the same. More specifically, This also relates to a bioink that contains a catechol grafted and spontaneously crosslinked hydrogel including cells, and to its use in 3D bioprinting and to a method of preparing the same."
The...