US Patent Issued to University of Louisville Research Foundation on Sept. 16 for "Local and regional anesthesia and analgesia" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,937, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Local and regional anesthesia and analgesia" was invented by Jeffrey C. Petruska (Louisville, Ky.) and John O. Trent (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and pharmaceutical compositions are provided, which make use of compounds disclosed herein, including (I). The methods and compositions are useful for producing local or regional anesthesia or analgesia in nerve tissue of a subject."

The patent was filed on Nov. 7, 2016, under Application No. 15/772,609.

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