US Patent Issued on July 21 for "Methods for initiating sotalol" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,716, issued on July 21.

"Methods for initiating sotalol" was invented by Robert D. O. Kennedy (Traverse City, Mich.) and Dina M. Kennedy (Traverse City, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes a safe, effective, and novel method of preventing or treating atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, atrial tachycardia, premature ventricular contractions, ventricular tachycardia, or a combination thereof using an initial intravenous sotalol dose followed by same day discharge and, in some cases, discharge following the administration of an intravenous dose of sotalol. This shortened time frame allows subjects to be disch...