US Patent Issued to THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, THE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER on July 28 for "Therapeutic carbon monoxide formulations" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,140, issued on July 28, was assigned to THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INC. (Boston), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.) and THE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC. (Boston).

"Therapeutic carbon monoxide formulations" was invented by Carlo Giovanni Traverso (Boston), James D. Byrne (Boston), Hannah Boyce (Boston), Leo E. Otterbein (Boston) and David J. Gallo (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pharmaceutical composition is described that includes a pharmaceutical carrier comprising gas pockets containing carbon monoxide gas, wherein the pharmaceutical carrier is a foam, a solid, or a hydrogel. Metho...