US Patent Issued to The Insides on Dec. 2 for "Nutrient recycling device" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,034, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to The Insides Co. Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Nutrient recycling device" was invented by Gregory Brian O'Grady (Auckland, New Zealand), John Bilkey Davidson (Auckland, New Zealand), Robert Bruce Davidson (Auckland, New Zealand), Ian Peter Bissett (Auckland, New Zealand) and Mackenzie Liam Greenslade (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nutrient recycling device is provided that is configured to collect digestive contents from a first opening of a gastrointestinal (GI) tract and recycle and/or return the digestive contents to a second location in a patient's gastrointestinal tr...