US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Feb. 17 for "Melt-and-meld approach to repair tissue defects" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,599, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Melt-and-meld approach to repair tissue defects" was invented by Kyriacos A. Athanasiou (Irvine, Calif.), Jerry C. Hu (Irvine, Calif.), Heenam Kwon (Irvine, Calif.) and Wendy E. Brown (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a multi-stage treatment that heals tissue or organ damage (e.g., linear defects, fissures, and fibrillations, as well as focal and large defects) in collagen-rich tissues and organs such as articular cartilage. The present invention includes methods 1) to prime tissues in preparat...