ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,233, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SQUARE POWER LTD. (London).

"Rebamipide for use in prevention and/or treatment of arterial stiffness" was invented by Ivan Danek (Cernosice, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the use of rebamipide in a method of prevention and/or treatment of arterial stiffness and associated diseases, such as hypertension, heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, renal failure, and chronic kidney disease. Rebamipide may also be used in a method of increasing arterial elasticity."

The patent was filed on Sept. 10, 2020, under Appl...