US Patent Issued to Therapeutic Vision on June 30 for "Method of preventing blast-induced loss of cochlear and vestibular hair cells and auditory spiral ganglion neurons" (New Hampshire, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,567, issued on June 30, was assigned to Therapeutic Vision Inc. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Method of preventing blast-induced loss of cochlear and vestibular hair cells and auditory spiral ganglion neurons" was invented by Peter Fritz Kador (Meredith, N.H.) and Richard Salvi (Mount Dora, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preventing blast-induced loss of cochlear and vestibular hair cells and auditory spiral ganglion neurons including orally administering a composition comprising HK-2 to a subject in need thereof. The subject may be a subject at increased risk of exposure to an acoustic blast wave, or a subject that has already bee...