ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,129, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MSM Innovations Inc. (Weston, Conn.).

"Method and kit for bowel preparation" was invented by Steven Gorelick (Danbury, Conn.), Michael Schiffman (Weston, Conn.), Melody Olmstead (New Milford, Conn.) and Adam Gorelick (Woodbridge, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods and taste-modifying kits for facilitating cleansing of the gastrointestinal tract of a patient prior to a diagnostic, surgical or therapeutic procedure. The methods and taste-modifying kits can improve patient compliance, and thus, efficacy of the preparation. Specifically, the present methods ma...