ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,674, issued on Aug. 18.
"Methods and compositions for delivery of a therapeutic agent" was invented by Ramesh S. Ayyala (Tampla, Fla.) and Nurettin Sahiner (Tampa, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions of hyaluronic acid (HA) conjugated with antibiotics are disclosed for a rapid release antibiotic delivery system into a closed space to achieve rapid therapeutic range within 24 hours and effective elimination of the antibiotic within 80-120 hours. In particular, this invention is directed to compositions, method of preparation, and method of treatment to prevent invention using porous and non-porous embodiments of hyaluroni...