US Patent Issued to National University Corporation Shimane University, KOYO CHEMICAL on March 18 for "Diagnostic drug, diagnostic method and diagnostic device for permeability of intestinal mucosa" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,396, issued on March 18, was assigned to National University Corporation Shimane University (Shimane, Japan) and KOYO CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Diagnostic drug, diagnostic method and diagnostic device for permeability of intestinal mucosa" was invented by Koichiro Wada (Shimane, Japan), Haruki Usuda (Shimane, Japan), Morihiko Nakamura (Shimane, Japan), Yoshimori Takamori (Tottori, Japan) and Seiji Kurozumi (Tottori, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a diagnostic drug for evaluating permeability of intestinal mucosa, including chitin and/or chitosan as a main component. The chitin and/or chitosan to be used pr...