US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary on Oct. 6 for "Submucosal drug delivery apparatuses, systems, and methods" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,079, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary (Boston).

"Submucosal drug delivery apparatuses, systems, and methods" was invented by Benjamin S. Bleier (Weston, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods of depot delivery of therapeutic agents. The apparatuses provide a drug delivery device including a catheter component having a stem portion and a branch portion. The catheter component includes a pre-defined bend such that the branch portion is angled with respect to the stem portion at an obtuse angle. The branch portion includes a dissecting head and at ...