ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,879, issued on May 12, was assigned to TRS II LLC (Minneapolis).
"Transdermal delivery formulation" was invented by Ted Schwarzrock (Minneapolis) and Gary Cleary (Los Altos Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for delivering vitamin D to a subject. In one embodiment the invention provides a transdermal patch for the transdermal administration of vitamin D comprising: (a) a backing layer that serves as the outer surface of the patch during use; (b) an adhesive drug reservoir layer for affixing the patch to skin; and (c) a release liner, which upon removal exposes the adhesive drug reservoir layer. The a...