ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,149, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to FINNCURE OY (Espoo, Finland).

"Methods of targeted delivery to a host using a carrier" was invented by Erik Johan Niemela (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments, a method of providing treatment of a host comprises binding a carrier to cell structures of cells of the host to reduce a likelihood of an agent binding to said cell structures to at least partially inhibits the agent from binding to said cell structures, wherein the carrier comprises a core and a surface functionalized on the core, wherein the functionalized surface bind to target areas of cell structu...