ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,861, issued on June 10, was assigned to CEBIOTEX S.L. (Barcelona, Spain).
"Beaded nonwoven membrane as a drug delivery system" was invented by Jose Antonio Tornero Garcia (Viladecavalls, Spain), Francesc Cano Casas (Terrassa, Spain), Luc Michelguy Marti Clausez (Barcelona, Spain) and Joan Bertran Llavina (Arenys de Mar, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It relates to a beaded nonwoven membrane comprising polymeric nanofibers and at least one active agent, wherein the active agent has a water solubility equal to or lower than 33 mg/mL. It also relates to a process for the preparation of the beaded nonwoven membrane, and to its use ...