ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,253, issued on March 17, was assigned to TARIS Biomedical LLC (Lexington, Mass.).
"Drug delivery device with intravesical tolerability" was invented by Michael J. Cima (Winchester, Mass.) and Heejin Lee (Bedford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intravesical devices are provided that are wholly deployable within the bladder of a patient in need of treatment and are well tolerated by the patient. The device may include an elastic body having a retention shape having (i) dimensions that provide intravesical mobility and that prevent voiding of the medical device through the urethra, and (ii) dimensions, buoyancy, or both, that exc...