US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, GELLYCLE on Nov. 3 for "Gel material for treating tendon or ligament" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,090, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (Tokyo) and GELLYCLE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Gel material for treating tendon or ligament" was invented by Takamasa Sakai (Tokyo), Taku Saito (Tokyo), Yasuhide Iwanaga (Tokyo), Sakae Tanaka (Tokyo), Kosuke Masui (Tokyo) and Shinichi Narita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a method for suppressing the entry of scar tissue in the treatment of a tendon or ligament, promoting healing by intratendinous cells, and efficiently restoring the original function of the tendon.A gel material including a polymer gel for suppressing expression of type III collagen in the trea...