US Patent Issued to Biosphere Medical on June 30 for "Microspheres containing therapeutic agents and related methods of use" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,544, issued on June 30, was assigned to Biosphere Medical Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Microspheres containing therapeutic agents and related methods of use" was invented by Philippe Reb (Themericourt, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microspheres, compositions including the microspheres, and methods of using the microspheres are disclosed herein. The microspheres can be substantially spherical and can include a copolymer of a monomer (such as an acrylic monomer) and a cyclodextrin or a derivative thereof. The microspheres can also include a therapeutic agent, such as a platinum-based drug."

The patent was filed on Aug. 7, 2019,...