US Patent Issued to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY on Aug. 4 for "Core-shell microneedle devices and uses thereof" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,474, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Core-shell microneedle devices and uses thereof" was invented by Zhen Gu (Raleigh, N.C.), Jinqiang Wang (Raleigh, N.C.) and Yanqi Ye (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to microneedle devices and methods for treating a disease (for example, diabetes) using a degradable cross-linked gel for self-regulated delivery of a therapeutic agent (for example, insulin)."

The patent was filed on May 23, 2023, under Application No. 18/321,936.

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