US Patent Issued to Braintree Laboratories on Oct. 7 for "Methods of administering safe colon cleansing compositions" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,914, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Braintree Laboratories Inc. (Braintree, Mass.).

"Methods of administering safe colon cleansing compositions" was invented by Edmund V. Dennett (Walpole, Mass.), Mark Cleveland (Norwell, Mass.), Russell W. Pelham (Duxbury, Mass.) and Matthew Walker (Brighton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods of administering compositions comprising a mixture of salts that induce purgation of the colon and are useful to cleanse the colon. Furthermore, the disclosed methods prevent degradation of PEG and allow for cleansing of the colon without the use of adjunct laxatives, including...