ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,175, issued on July 28, was assigned to Xiamen University (Xiamen, China).

"Drug transdermal delivery system" was invented by Ming Chen (Xiamen, China) and Haojie Zhai (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug transdermal delivery system comprises sponge spicules and a low-frequency sonophoresis device, the drug transdermal delivery system firstly applies a low-frequency sonophoresis to skin using the low-frequency sonophoresis device, a surface of the skin is then massaged with the sponge spicules."

The patent was filed on Jan. 10, 2022, under Application No. 17/572,560.

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