US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on Sept. 16 for "Delivery of card protein as therapy for occular inflammation" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,841, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Delivery of card protein as therapy for occular inflammation" was invented by Cristhian J. Ildefonso (Gainesville, Fla.), Alfred S. Lewin (Gainesville, Fla.) and Qiuhong Li (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing age related macular degeneration and other conditions involving macular degeneration, ocular neovascularization, or ocular inflammation. In an exemplary embodiment, a method is disclosed that involves administering an ex...