US Patent Issued to The Brigham and Women's Hospital on Aug. 4 for "Bioadhesive for corneal repair" (Massachusetts, Texas, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,415, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc. (Boston).

"Bioadhesive for corneal repair" was invented by Ali Khademhosseini (Cambridge, Mass.), Nasim Annabi (Los Angeles), Reza Dana (Newton, Mass.) and Ahmad Kheirkhah (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for repair and reconstruction of defects and injuries to the cornea. For example, the present disclosure provides a composition for corneal reconstruction including a methacryloyl-substituted gelatin, a visible light-activated photoinitiator, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In ano...