ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,447, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Cationic lipid compositions for tissue-specific delivery" was invented by Shikha Mishra (San Diego) and Xavier de Mollerat du Jeu (Encinitas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are, inter alia, compositions and methods useful for the in vivo delivery of bioactive agents (e.g., therapeutic or diagnostic agents). The compositions provided herein include cationic lipids, helper lipids and a biostability enhancing agent, which together form a lipid aggregate with the bioactive agent and allow for the systemic delivery of the bioactive ...