ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,851, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG (Andernach, Germany).

"Controlling water release from a dimensionally stable aqueous composition" was invented by Florian Hammes (Andernach, Germany) and Rene Eifler (Koblenz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to systems formed from closed liquid-tight packaging and a preferably dimensionally stable aqueous composition which is sealed therein and which, upon activation, releases a liquid phase essentially composed of water in a time-delayed manner. The invention further relates to methods for manufacturing such systems and the use thereof...