ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,471, issued on March 18, was assigned to Oregon State University (Corvallis, Ore.).
"Inhalable therapeutics" was invented by Jeonghwan Kim (Corvallis, Ore.) and Gaurav Sahay (Corvallis, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are embodiments of a nanoparticle composition suitable for delivering a therapeutic agent to a subject by nebulization. The nanoparticle comprises an ionizable lipid, cholesterol or a derivative thereof, a structural lipid, and a PEG lipid. The nanoparticle may partially or completely encapsulate a therapeutic agent, and may be nebulized for administration, such as by inhalation. In some embodiment...