ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,588, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to L&G Biotechnology (Yangzhou) Co. Ltd (Yanghzou, China).

"Device and method for separating and recovering intestinal contents and extract thereof" was invented by Zhenhui Gou (Yanghzou, China) and Qi Luo (Yanghzou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for separating and recovering intestinal contents, comprising removing the impurities from the intestinal contents by means of coarse filtration and cross-flow fine filtration, followed by obtaining a concentrate by microporous membrane cross-flow filter, and collecting the target contents. The microporous membrane has a spongy ...