This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent and 2 published patent applications. Top assignee: Eli Lilly and Company. Active years: 2026.
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Years Active: 2026
Title: Nikolaos Sotirios Vasilakis: Drug-Delivery Device Inventor.
Introduction
Nikolaos Sotirios Vasilakis is an inventor based in Hertfordshire, Great Britain, and is associated with Eli Lilly and Company. His work includes a patented concept for delivering medication within the gastrointestinal tract.
Latest Patents
Vasilakis is credited with 1 patent, titled “Oral Drug Delivery Device with Expanding Arms.” The invention describes a device taken orally that activates in the gastrointestinal tract. Resilient arms expand to engage the tract walls, while a driver moves a plunger to deliver medication through channels in the arms and into the surrounding tissue. After a period of time, at least part of the device dissolves, allowing it to pass through the gastrointestinal tract.
Career Highlights
The patent reflects work on an oral drug-delivery approach designed to deploy medication at a targeted location in the gastrointestinal tract. Vasilakis is associated with Eli Lilly and Company.
Collaborations
Among Vasilakis’s listed coworkers are Maria Fernandez-Martos Balson and Matthew Keith Fordham.
Conclusion
Nikolaos Sotirios Vasilakis’s patented device combines expandable arms, a plunger-driven delivery mechanism, and a dissolvable structure to support targeted medication delivery in the gastrointestinal tract.
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