US Patent Issued to Children's Medical Center on May 13 for "Ceramide-like lipid-based delivery vehicles and uses thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,016, issued on May 13, was assigned to Children's Medical Center Corp. (Boston).

"Ceramide-like lipid-based delivery vehicles and uses thereof" was invented by Wayne I. Lencer (Jamaica Plain, Mass.), Daniel J F Chinnapen (Quincy, Mass.) and Richard I. Duclos (Quincy, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein, in some aspects, are delivery vehicles comprising a ceramide and an agent to be delivered attached to the ceramide. In some embodiments, the ceramide does not comprise a fatty acid (i.e., is a sphingosine). In some embodiments, the ceramide comprises a fatty acid. In some embodiments, the ceramide is a glycoceramide. ...