US Patent Issued to Kowa on April 14 for "Methods of treating fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy after descemetorhexis" (North Carolina, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,609, issued on April 14, was assigned to Kowa Co. Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Methods of treating fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy after descemetorhexis" was invented by Gary Gordon (Morrisville, N.C.) and Kazuhito Suehira (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for treating Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy ("FECD"), and medications that promote healing in FECD patients following descemetorhexis."

The patent was filed on Jan. 20, 2022, under Application No. 18/270,728.

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