US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on Nov. 3 for "Immunoisolation device" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,988, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Immunoisolation device" was invented by Ariella Shikanov (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is technology relating to immunoisolation of cells and tissues, including, but not exclusively, to compositions, methods, and kits for encapsulating cells and/or tissues within an immunoisolating device to protect the cells/or tissues from host immune rejection."

The patent was filed on Sept. 8, 2023, under Application No. 18/463,999.

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