ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,856, issued on June 17, was assigned to BIOPOLIMERI S.R.L. (San Vito Dei Normanni, Italy).

"Crosslinked hyaluronic acid composition with local anesthetics" was invented by Vincenzo Maria De Benedictis (San Vito Dei Normanni, Italy) and Piera Angela Ramires (Calimera, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to hyaluronic acid crosslinked with polyglycerol polyglycidyl ether containing local anesthetic agents, to a process for its preparation and its use in therapy, cosmetics and as a carrier."

The patent was filed on June 30, 2022, under Application No. 18/575,483.

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