US Patent Issued to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER on June 23 for "Stabilized nanobubbles and microbubbles for diagnostic and therapeutic applications" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,414, issued on June 23, was assigned to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland) and UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER (Cleveland).

"Stabilized nanobubbles and microbubbles for diagnostic and therapeutic applications" was invented by Agata Exner (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Al de Leon (Cleveland), Reshani Perera (Twinsburg, Ohio) and Pinunta Nittayacharn (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition includes a plurality of stabilized nanobubbles and/or microbubbles. Each nanobubble and/or microbubble has a lipid membrane that defines at least one internal void, which includes at least one gas, the membrane includi...