US Patent Issued to Rani Therapeutics on June 2 for "Injection of a therapeutic formulation into a wall of the gastrointestinal tract" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,947, issued on June 2, was assigned to Rani Therapeutics LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Injection of a therapeutic formulation into a wall of the gastrointestinal tract" was invented by Mir A. Imran (Los Altos Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes an inflatable balloon, a reservoir disposed within the inflatable balloon, a needle compartment attached to the balloon and to the reservoir, an injection needle disposed within the needle compartment, and an inflation mechanism. The reservoir contains a therapeutic preparation. The inflation mechanism is structured to inflate the balloon, and upon inflation, the injection...