ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,310, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CRAFT HEALTH PTE LTD. (Singapore).

"Method of manufacturing oral dosage forms for extended drug release" was invented by Seng Han Lim (Singapore) and Wei Jiang Goh (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for designing and manufacturing a long release capsule for extended delivery of a drug to a patient in an ingestible capsule. The method includes determining a drug volume to be delivered and a drug delivery rate. A buoyancy element is selected based on the drug volume. A release port is selected based on the drug delivery rate and the properties of the drug. The design elements are ...