ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,105, issued on March 17, was assigned to MEDICINE PARK Co. LTD (Seoul, South Korea).

"Compositions for treating joint or connective tissue disease comprising dextran or poloxamer" was invented by Yoo Sin Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Il Hoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a composition for treating a joint disease or a connective tissue disease, a composition for cartilage regeneration, or a composition for treating an inflammatory disease, each of the compositions containing dextran, poloxamer or a mixture thereof. The composition stays in the joint or connective tissue for a long time due to th...