US Patent Issued to The Florida International University Board of Trustees on Oct. 14 for "Treatment and prevention of infections using vegetable oil-derived polyols" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,467, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami).

"Treatment and prevention of infections using vegetable oil-derived polyols" was invented by Arti Vashist (Miami), Prem Chapagain (Miami), Andrea Raymond (Miramar, Fla.), Hitendra Chand (Doral, Fla.) and Madhavan Nair (Coral Gables, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a method of treatment or prevention of viral and/or bacterial infection comprising the administration of a polyol derived from a vegetable oil or its derivative. The vegetable oil is preferably linseed oil. The invention is also di...