US Patent Issued to THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL on July 29 for "Medicinal vaginal Lactobacillus cocktail" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,228, issued on July 29, was assigned to THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INC..

"Medicinal vaginal Lactobacillus cocktail" was invented by Raina Fichorova (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), Andrew Onderdonk (Westwood, Mass.), Hidemi Yamamoto (Medford, Mass.), Mary Delaney (Belmont, Mass.) and Andrea Dubois (Roslindale, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods and compositions for the use of treating and/or preventing vaginal bacterial infection and promoting healthy vaginal flora. Aspects of the invention relate to administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising a bacterial mixture of L. crispatus, L....