ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,161, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ACCESS TO ADVANCED HEALTH INSTITUTE (Seattle).
"Single vial vaccine formulations" was invented by Christopher B. Fox (Sumner, Wash.), Thomas Vedvick (Federal Way, Wash.), Lucien Barnes V (Seattle), Ryan M. Kramer (Seattle) and Steven G. Reed (Bellevue, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides for thermostable lyophilized formulations, including vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions for inducing or enhancing an immune response, and methods of use thereof. The lyophilized formulations generally comprise an antigen and/or an adjuvant, a metabolizable oil, and a cake-forming exc...