ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,525, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SUSTAIN HOLDINGS LLC (Stuart, Fla.).

"Collagen peptide-based medicament compositions and devices and methods of production and use thereof" was invented by Richard Eric Schlumpf (Stuart, Fla.), Robert Baratta (Stuart, Fla.) and Shawn A. Delorey (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is in the fields of medicinal chemistry, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. The invention provides compositions comprising one or more collagen mimetic peptides, optionally attached to one or more therapeutic compounds or one or more imaging compounds, for use in methods of treating, p...