US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on March 4 for "Drug therapy delivery systems and methods" (Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,573, issued on March 4, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Drug therapy delivery systems and methods" was invented by Peter J. Roeber (Oxford, Pa.) and Jeffrey C. Towler (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ocular medicament delivery devices are disclosed. In various embodiments, the ocular medicament delivery devices include multiple microporous layers arranged together to form a microporous body configured to meter dispensing of a medicament to surrounding tissues. In some embodiments, the ocular medicament delivery devices include one or more portions configured to resist tissue ingrowth, and...