US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW on Aug. 5 for "Dissolvable gel-forming film for delivery of active agents" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,055, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Dissolvable gel-forming film for delivery of active agents" was invented by Lei Shi (Mansfield, Texas), Aleksa Jovanovic (Fort Worth, Texas) and Dennis Carson (Burleson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a dissolvable, gel-forming film, and methods for its use, comprising a water-soluble cellulose ether, a hydrophilic rheological modifying agent, and an active proteolytic enzyme or other drug substance. The gel-forming film has a water content of less than 15% w/w and is capable of forming a hydrogel when contacted with water or other aqueous...