US Patent Issued to Innovator Therapeutics on Feb. 17 for "Associated forms of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and local anesthetics" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,433, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Innovator Therapeutics LLC (Albemarle, N.C.).

"Associated forms of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and local anesthetics" was invented by William C. Stagner (Apex, N.C.), Ninad Deshpanday (Cary, N.C.), John R. Cardinal (Wilmington, N.C.) and David M. Oakley (Todd, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides novel associated form (AF) of ketoprofen/dexketoprofen and lidocaine, and topical compositions thereof for use in topical products to treat patients with localized pain and inflammation. The novel ketoprofen/dexketoprofen and lidocaine AF acts as an extended-rele...