ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,607, issued on March 24, was assigned to Nano Precision Medical Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).
"Implantable medical devices for extended release of therapeutic agents" was invented by Wouter Erik Roorda (Emeryville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure pertains to implantable medical devices for controlled delivery of therapeutic agents. Some devices according to the disclosure have a titanium reservoir, and a porous titanium oxide based membrane to control the rate of release of the therapeutic agent. The reservoir contains a formulation of the active agent, including a stabilizer for the active agent, wherein the stabiliz...