ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,935, issued on Sept. 23.
"Exosomes for the treatment of interstitial cystitis" was invented by Elliot B. Lander (Rancho Mirage, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a method of treating interstitial cystitis that applies therapeutic exomes to the bladder of a patient through intravesical administration. Unlike the intravesical administration of stem cells, the intravesical administration of exosomes permits a therapeutic amount of paracrine-active growth factors and cytokines to be applied to bladder tissue before they can voided by urination."
The patent was filed on June 21, 2022, under Application No. 17/...