US Patent Issued to SIDR on March 18 for "Biopolymer compositions for the treatment and prevention of gastric ulcers" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,406, issued on March 18, was assigned to SIDR LLC (Dover, Del.).

"Biopolymer compositions for the treatment and prevention of gastric ulcers" was invented by Scott P. Noel (Germantown, Tenn.), William Brian Austin (Germantown, Tenn.), Alex Greene (Germantown, Tenn.) and John Kirk Shumpert (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides compositions comprising chitosan, manuka honey and one or more additional components that promotes digestive health (e.g., inulin, probiotics) for the treatment and prevention of gastric ulcers (esophageal, stomach, or duodenum) in a mammal (e.g., equine)."

The patent was fil...