US Patent Issued to Pocket Naloxone on April 29 for "Drug delivery device and methods for using same" (Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,581, issued on April 29, was assigned to Pocket Naloxone Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).

"Drug delivery device and methods for using same" was invented by Ashanthi Mathai (Bethesda, Md.), Michael Frost (Warrington, Pa.), Serena Kim (Princeton, N.J.), Franciscus Koppenhagen (Salem, N.H.) and Seth Oringher (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for intranasal administration of naloxone are disclosed. The devices comprise a foam applicator and are configured to locate an applicator comprising a naloxone composition, in proximity to the middle turbinate and/or inferior turbinate. Naloxone can be delivered to the nasal mucosa by squ...