US Patent Issued to National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Mochida Pharmaceutical on Nov. 25 for "Method for suppressing intervertebral disc pain" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,637, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to National University Corporation Hokkaido University (Hokkaido, Japan) and Mochida Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Method for suppressing intervertebral disc pain" was invented by Hideki Sudo (Hokkaido, Japan), Katsuro Ura (Hokkaido, Japan) and Katsuhisa Yamada (Hokkaido, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a composition for suppressing pain which contains a monovalent metal salt of alginic acid, the composition being applied to a nucleus pulposus cavity part to suppress pain at a surgical site and/or a surrounding site thereof which occurs after surgery. Accordingly, a compositio...