ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,343, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Lunan Pharmaceutical Group Corp. (Linyi, China).

"Medical use of icaritin" was invented by Guimin Zhang (Linyi, China), Jingchun Yao (Linyi, China), Chenghong Sun (Linyi, China), Bin Li (Linyi, China) and Sina Pan (Linyi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides use of icaritin in preparing a drug for preventing and treating a bleeding disorder and belongs to the field of medicine. The icaritin can relieve platelet dysfunction, shorten thromboplastin time, and promote blood coagulation, and can be used for preventing and treating the bleeding disorder, especially for...