ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,157, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to PYKUS THERAPEUTICS INC. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Hydrogel formulations and methods and devices for administration of the same" was invented by Tomasz Pawel Stryjewski (Somerville, Mass.), James Anthony Stefater III (Boston), Laurence A. Roth (Windham, N.H.) and Kelsey-Ann Leslie (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods and polymer compositions for treating ocular disorders, where the methods and compositions comprise polymer that can form a hydrogel in the eye of a subject. The hydrogel is formed by reaction of (i) a nucleo-functional polymer that is a biocomp...