ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,473, issued on May 26.

"Drug delivery system and method" was invented by Ruth Sahler (Irvine, Calif.) and Steven Edward Smathers (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A customizable drug delivery system and method utilizing a laser pattern generator (LPG) to define application of a drug delivery payload (DDP) contained within a drug delivery device (DDD) to a drug delivery target (DDT) is disclosed. A computer control device (CCD) supervises the LPG to select a drug payload pathway (DPP) from a drug pathway database (DPD) and writes the selected DPP to the DDD. This pathway patterning process (PPP) modifies the hydrophilic properties...