MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641025519 A) filed by Vignan Institute Of Pharmaceutical Technology, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on March 4, for 'point-of-care testing kits for pharmacists to monitor anticoagulant therapy in home settings.'
Inventor(s) include P. Prasanna Kumar; M. Lakshmi Banusri; M. Vinod Kumar; K. Priyadarshini Reddy; and BBVM Kishore.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention introduces a novel point-of-care testing kit designed specifically for pharmacists to monitor anticoagulant therapy in patients' home environments....