US Patent Issued to Trustees of Boston University on Nov. 25 for "Systems, devices, and methods for ultrasonic agitation mediated kinetic release testing of compounds" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,926, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Trustees of Boston University (Boston).

"Systems, devices, and methods for ultrasonic agitation mediated kinetic release testing of compounds" was invented by Muhammad Zaman (Sharon, Mass.), Andrew J. Acevedo (Jamaica Plain, Mass.), Ray Glynn Holt (Boston) and Darash Desai (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for kinetic release testing of compounds are discussed herein. Ultrasonic agitation, with resultant cavitation and acoustic streaming, is used to breakdown and release drugs from one or more compounds to form a solution. The system uses small volum...