US Patent Issued to The Government of The United States, As Represented by the Secretary of the Army on Nov. 25 for "Layered composite for scar treatment and prevention" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,509, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The Government of The United States, As Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Ft. Detrick, Md.).

"Layered composite for scar treatment and prevention" was invented by Kai P Leung (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A layered composite for scar treatment and prevention, the layered composite including a backing section; a drug matrix section; and a skin-interfacing section. The drug matrix section may be disposed between the back section and the skin-interfacing section. The drug matrix section may include pirfenidone in an amount of from about 1 to about 20 mg/cm2. The layered compo...