ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,273, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Neuraptive Therapeutics Inc. (Chesterbrook, Pa.).
"Device and method of creating a fluid containment field for administering therapeutics to a nerve" was invented by David M. Jackson (Austin, Texas), Richard Trevino (York, Pa.) and Jordan A. Hoffman (Broomfield, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A severed nerve may be surgically rejoined and severed axons fused via sequential administrations of solutions. The solutions may include a priming solution comprising methylene blue in a Ca2+-free saline solution, a fusion solution comprising about 50% (w/w) PEG, and a sealing solution comprising Ca...