US Patent Issued to University of Southern California on Oct. 6 for "Polymeric patch scaffolds for articular cartilage regeneration" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,041, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to University of Southern California (Los Angeles).

"Polymeric patch scaffolds for articular cartilage regeneration" was invented by Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, Calif.), Carlos Eduardo da Silveira Franciozi (Los Angeles), Tzu-Chieh Chou (Pasadena, Calif.), Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, Calif.), Damien C. Rodger (Glendale, Calif.) and C. Thomas Vangsness Jr. (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymeric substrate for treating a chondral or osteochondral defect includes a polymeric sheet having a predetermined shape and size for placement over a chondral or osteochondral defect. The polymeric sheet...