US Patent Issued to PanTher Therapeutics on Dec. 30 for "Implantable and biodegradable drug delivery devices and methods of use thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,222, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to PanTher Therapeutics Inc..

"Implantable and biodegradable drug delivery devices and methods of use thereof" was invented by Laura Indolfi (Boston) and Margaret Lashof-Sullivan (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are implantable and biodegradable drug delivery devices capable of delivering an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) directly to a target tissue site. The drug delivery devices can include at least two layers. One of the layers can include the API and a biodegradable polymer and a second layer can include another biodegradable polymer that degrades slower than t...