ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,041, issued on March 11, was assigned to ANICELL BIOTECH LLC (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Methods and articles of manufacture for animal therapeutics" was invented by Brandon Ames (Gilbert, Ariz.), Christopher A. Bradley (Chandler, Ariz.) and Tammi Epp (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medicament is provided including, for example, a dried particulate mixture of decellularized amniotic material and a powdered, lyophilized mixture of cervical mucus plug. The medicament may be useful in treating infectious disease, for example, viral diseases, in promoting repair of tissue and halting disease progression."

The patent was filed...