ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,640, issued on March 4, was assigned to SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY (Suzhou, China).

"Use of miloxacin in preparation of medicines for treating and/or preventing diseases with T-type calcium channels as therapeutic target" was invented by Jin Tao (Suzhou, China), Yuan Zhang (Suzhou, China), Yufang Sun (Suzhou, China) and Xinghong Jiang (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses use of miloxacin in the preparation of medicines for treating and/or preventing diseases with T-type calcium channel as a therapeutic target. The invention discloses new use of miloxacin, which provides a new theoretical and technical support...