ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,445, issued on July 1, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (Columbia, S.C.).
"Drug conjugated nanogels in microcapsule for delayed sustained protein delivery" was invented by Esmaiel Jabbari (Rockville, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Injectable compositions and use of the injectable compositions in tissue engineering applications are described. The injectable compositions are hydrogel-based compositions that can be crosslinked in situ following placement. The injectable compositions include microcapsules having predetermined erosion profiles that are loaded with nanogels having predetermined sustained release profiles for...