US Patent Issued to MENDES on March 11 for "Mucoadhesive devices for the release of probiotics and for the maintenance of their enzyme activities" (Italian, South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,088, issued on March 11, was assigned to MENDES S.R.L. (Ardea, Italy).

"Mucoadhesive devices for the release of probiotics and for the maintenance of their enzyme activities" was invented by Seok-Jin Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Barbara Luppi (Bologna, Italy), Beatrice Vitali (Bologna, Italy) and Angela Abruzzo (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to medical devices in the form of mucoadhesive films for the release of live lactic bacteria and bifidobacteria (probiotics) and/or for the release and maintenance of their pharmacologically useful enzyme activities."

The patent was filed on June 17, 2...