PISCATAWAY, N.J., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Milestone Scientific Inc. , the recognized leader in advanced injection technologies, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a Notice of Allowance for Milestone's U.S. patent application, titled "Computer Controlled Drug Delivery System with Dynamic Pressure Sensing."
Dr. Mark Hochman, Director of Clinical Affairs at Milestone Scientific, stated, "This Notice of Allowance is of profound significance to our Company, in that the noted intellectual property represents one of the key technological components that will afford Milestone Scientific the opportunity to enter the medical drug delivery market. Intra-articular, epidurals, along with numerous other injections should undergo a revolutionary change in the areas of efficacy, safety, and cost benefits."
The new patent will provide protection for a key element of Milestone's technology until December 21, 2026 and thus will extend and strengthen Milestone's leadership position in the growing field of advanced injection and drug delivery systems. To date, Milestone has been awarded a total of 22 U.S. utility and design patents relating to its C-CLAD technologies. In August of this year, the Company received a Notice of Allowance for the bonded disposable hand piece for fluid administration used by the Company's commercially available C-CLAD systems, including the STA Single Tooth Anesthesia System(TM), CompuDent(R) and CompuMed(R).
About Milestone Scientific Inc.
Headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, Milestone Scientific is engaged in pioneering proprietary, highly innovative technological solutions for the medical and dental markets. Central to the Company's IP platform and product development strategy is its patented CompuFlo(R) technology for the improved and painless delivery of local anesthetic. Specifically, CompuFlo is a computer-controlled, pressure sensitive infusion, perfusion, suffusion and aspiration technology, which provides real-time readouts of pressures, fluid densities and flow rates, enabling the advanced delivery and removal of a wide array of fluids. The STA Single Tooth Anesthesia System(TM), a computer-controlled local anesthesia delivery system, uses this technology to provide dentists with audible and visual signals as to in-tissue pressure. Milestone's existing painless injection systems are currently sold in 25 countries. For more information on these and other innovative Milestone products, please visit the Company's web site found at www.milestonescientific.com and www.STAis4U.com.
SOURCE Milestone Scientific Inc.
CONTACT: Dodi Handy, President and CEO, Twitter, @dodihandy, or Media,
Kathy Addison, Director, Twitter, @kathyaddison, both of Elite Financial
Communications Group, +1-407-585-1080, mlss@efcg.net, for Milestone
Scientific Inc.
Web site: http://www.milestonescientific.com/
http://www.STAis4U.com/
