Worcester , Mass. Crescent Innovations Inc., a biomedical company with operations in Worcester , MA , received its first patent, #6,660,853 entitled, "Method for Purifying High Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid."

According to Al Prescott, President of Crescent Innovations and a graduate of both Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the University of Massachusetts, the patent is a first step in achieving the company's goal of developing new medical products to treat pain. "This technology," Prescott stated, "allows Crescent Innovations to produce medical grade hyaluronic acid." Prescott went on to say that, "Medical grade hyaluronic acid is one material we need to develop therapies for chronic and acute pain."

Crescent Innovations develops therapies to treat and manage pain. Crescent Innovations has been a finalist in the WPI Venture Forum’s Business Plan Contest in 2001. Crescent Innovations is developing products to treat TMJ disorders, post surgical pain, and a variety of other degenerative diseases.