ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,435, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland).
"Photodynamic therapy composition" was invented by James Basilion (Shaker Heights, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photodynamic therapy composition, the composition includes a plurality of targeted phthalocyanine gold nanoparticle conjugates, wherein each targeted phthalocyanine gold nanoparticle conjugate includes a plurality of phthalocyanine compounds covalently coupled to a surface of the gold nanoparticle via bio-cleavable linker and a plurality of cancer or tissue targeting agents coupled to the gold nanoparticle."
The patent was filed o...