ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,425, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ALUME BIOSCIENCES INC. (San Diego).
"Methods and systems using peptides for targeting and mapping human nerves in image guided surgery, diagnostics and therapeutic delivery" was invented by Brett J. Berman (La Jolla, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods for guiding preservation of human neurons or human nerves during surgery, as well as labeling and mapping nerves in targeted organs for map-guided surgery, by administering a fluorescently-labeled peptide that specifically binds to the human neurons or human nerves. The invention further provides human neu...