US Patent Issued to Axogen on April 14 for "Drug delivery system and methods of using the same" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,701, issued on April 14, was assigned to Axogen Corp. (Alachua, Fla.).

"Drug delivery system and methods of using the same" was invented by Kasra Tajdaran (Alachua, Fla.), Justin Deuerling (Alachua, Fla.), Angelo Scopelianos (Alachua, Fla.) and Robert C. Diluccio (Alachua, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing an implantable biomaterial includes combining a polymer comprising polydioxanone with a neuro-regenerative agent or an immunosuppressive agent comprising at least one immunophilin ligand, and melting the polymer. The method further includes extruding the combined polymer and the neuro-regenerative agent or ...