US Patent Issued to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE on June 30 for "Compositions and methods relating to erythrocytes with adhered particles" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,626, issued on June 30, was assigned to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE.

"Compositions and methods relating to erythrocytes with adhered particles" was invented by Samir Mitragotri (Lexington, Mass.), Anvay Ashish Ukidve (Somerville, Mass.) and Zongmin Zhao (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are erythrocytes with polymeric particles (i.e., 'backpacks') adhered that provide delivery of payload therapeutic agents to subjects administered these cells."

The patent was filed on June 4, 2020, under Application No. 17/616,760.

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