US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on May 27 for "Cohesive thin liquids to promote safe swallowing in dysphagic patients" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,391, issued on May 27, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Cohesive thin liquids to promote safe swallowing in dysphagic patients" was invented by Adam Stewart Burbidge (Arzier, Switzerland), Jan Engmann (Epalinges, Switzerland) and Simina Popa Nita (Morges, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nutritional products having improved cohesiveness for promoting safer swallowing of food boluses for patients having swallowing conditions are provided as well as methods of making and using such products. The nutritional products may include nutritional compositions and high molecular weight, water-so...