ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,061, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ImmunityBio Inc. (Culver City, Calif.).

"Distributed ledger for medicament administration tracking" was invented by Patrick Soon-Shiong (Los Angeles) and Nicholas J. Witchey (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous tracking system receives a request to administer a patient-specific therapeutic comprising a scanned identifier associated with a labeled dual chamber device (DCD) including a first chamber having one or more lyophilized components, a second chamber having a reconstitution buffer, and a locking mechanism for controlling access to the DCD chambers. A tracking...