US Patent Issued to Beyond Air on July 28 for "Methods employing gaseous nitric oxide for inhibiting tumor growth" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,234, issued on July 28, was assigned to Beyond Air Inc. (Garden City, N.Y.).

"Methods employing gaseous nitric oxide for inhibiting tumor growth" was invented by Hila Confino (Rehovot, Israel), Steven A. Lisi (Garden City, N.Y.), Rinat Kalaora (Rehovot, Israel) and Amir Avniel (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of inhibiting growth of cells or tissue of a primary and/or secondary tumor, and/or of stimulating an immunological response to the tumor, in a subject in need thereof, and systems for performing same, are provided. The methods employ local administration of a gas, such as gaseous nitric oxide, typically a...