US Patent Issued to University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The Regents of the University of Michigan on Sept. 8 for "Electrophilic compounds and electrophilic prodrugs for treating aneurysm" (Pennsylvania, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,111, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh) and The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Electrophilic compounds and electrophilic prodrugs for treating aneurysm" was invented by Francisco J. Schopfer (Pittsburgh), Bruce A. Freeman (Pittsburgh), Yang Zhao (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Yuqing E. Chen (Superior Township, Mich.) and Jifeng Zhang (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprising administering to a subject having an aneurysm, suspected of having an aneurysm, or at risk of developing an aneurysm, a therapeuticall...