ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,698, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to AIVIVA BIOPHARMA INC. (Las Vegas).

"Pharmaceutical biodissolvable gels for drug delivery" was invented by Shulin Ding (Silver Spring, Md.) and Diane Tang-Liu (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical bio-dissolvable/bioerodible aqueous gel system optionally comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient, wherein the pharmaceutical composition makes a transition from liquid to gel near the body temperature of a mammal These compositions may include a reversibly-gelling material, such as methylcellulose and a rheology modifier such as citrate."

The pat...