US Patent Issued to Ohio State Innovation Foundation on July 15 for "Methods and compositions for sustained release microparticles for ocular drug delivery" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,564, issued on July 15, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).

"Methods and compositions for sustained release microparticles for ocular drug delivery" was invented by Pengfei Jiang (Columbus, Ohio), Katelyn Elizabeth Reilly (Columbus, Ohio) and Matthew Ohr (Powell, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, the disclosure relates to relates to compositions, devices, and processes for drug delivery to an eye. The disclosed drug delivery compositions comprise a particle having a core component comprising a first polymer and a therapeutic agent, and a shell layer surrounding the core component compri...