US Patent Issued to Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education on May 20 for "Econazole nitrate medical patch and methods of use thereof" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,491, issued on May 20, was assigned to Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia).

"Econazole nitrate medical patch and methods of use thereof" was invented by David B. Lebo (Warminster, Pa.) and Cong Li (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an econazole nitrate and thiourea medical patch for the treatment of nail and skin onychomycosis, achieving improved drug penetration, and thus allowing more drug to penetrate into the nail bed and reach the minimum inhibitory concentration."

The patent was filed on Feb. 28, 2018, under Application No. 16/488,250.

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