US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK, CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER on March 3 for "Sprayable tissue adhesive with biodegradation for wound treatment" (Maryland, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,656, issued on March 3, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK (Bethesda, Md.) and CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Washington).

"Sprayable tissue adhesive with biodegradation for wound treatment" was invented by Metecan Erdi (Bethesda, Md.), Peter Kofinas (N. Bethesda, Md.), Omar B. Ayyub (Washington), Anthony Sandler (Bethesda, Md.) and Michele Saruwatari (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compositions and methods that involve viscoelastic poly(lactide-co-caprolactone) (PLCL) mixtures for use in wound healing. The PLCL mixtures provide an improved anti-fibrotic yet tissue-adhesive polymer sealan...