US Patent Issued to Jennifer Kang-Mieler on April 14 for "Biodegradable extended release microsphere-hydrogel ocular drug delivery system and method" (Illinois, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,570, issued on April 14, was assigned to Jennifer Kang-Mieler (Winnetka, Ill.).

"Biodegradable extended release microsphere-hydrogel ocular drug delivery system and method" was invented by Jennifer J. Kang-Mieler (Winnetka, Ill.), Eric Brey (San Antonio), Victor Perez-Luna (Naperville, Ill.), Bin Jiang (Evanston, Ill.) and Christian Osswald (Elk Grove Village, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogel delivery composition and method, including degradable microcapsules suspended in a degradable thermo-responsive hydrogel. The hydrogel is thermo-responsive at a physiological temperature and changes after application to a more sol...