ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,600, issued on Dec. 2.
"Expanded foam for delivery of functional ingredients" was invented by Michael A. Folan (Donegal Town, Ireland) and David J. Folan (Donegal Town, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides delivery systems for functional ingredients, such as drugs, nutritional supplements, botanicals, and vitamins. The delivery systems comprise an ingestible matrix within which the functional ingredient(s) are substantially uniformly and completely dispersed. The matrix comprises foams derived by physical shear of egg white to achieve amplified available dose and improved release characteristics of fu...