ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,345, issued on April 21, was assigned to BioPhysics Pharma Inc. (Gloucester, Mass.).

"Transdermal drug delivery system" was invented by John J. Masiz (Gloucester, Mass.) and Zhen Zhu (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to transdermal delivery systems, methods and kits that include an agent to penetrate the basement membrane, a membrane of the skin previously known to be difficult to penetrate. In particular, the formulation includes a basement membrane disruptor that reversibly denatures the basement membrane of the skin. The formulation of the present invention further includes having at lea...