ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,688, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Dissolvable medical device for drugs delivery" was invented by Howard Allen Ketelson (Dallas) and Rekha Rangarajan (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dissolvable medical device for placing on the outer exposed surface of the eye to deliver a drug to the eye comprises: a polymeric film has sufficient dimensions to cover a cornea when applied to an eye and the polymeric film comprising one or more mucoadhesive polymers. The polymeric film dissolves between 15 minutes to 120 minutes to release the mucoadhesive and the pharmaceutically active ag...