US Patent Issued to Foundry Therapeutics on May 6 for "Multi-layered polymer film for sustained release of agents" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,616, issued on May 6, was assigned to Foundry Therapeutics Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Multi-layered polymer film for sustained release of agents" was invented by Honglei Wang (Singapore) and Jingnan Luo (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a controlled-release antibiotic socket for securely holding an implantable medical device that is made from: at least one film having at least one polymer layer, where the at least one film is formed into the socket; at least one antibiotic agent; and at least one opening in the socket, where the at least one polymer layer comprises a biodegradable elastomeric polymeric mate...