US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on Oct. 28 for "Devices and methods for intravitreal injection of substances" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,654, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation INC. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Devices and methods for intravitreal injection of substances" was invented by Anuj Chauhan (Gainesville, Fla.), Russell Macoon (Gainesville, Fla.) and Keith G. Christopher (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with the purpose(s) of the present disclosure, as embodied and broadly described herein, the disclosure relates to an auto-injector device that can be used for injection of ophthalmological formulations. The auto-injector device can function in two stages, where a lubricious material is released...