US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on March 4 for "Materials and methods for improving gastrointestinal function" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,633, issued on March 4, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Materials and methods for improving gastrointestinal function" was invented by Sadasivan Vidyasagar (Gainesville, Fla.), Paul Okunieff (Gainesville, Fla.) and Lurong Zhang (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention provides therapeutic compositions, and uses thereof for the treatment or amelioration of injury to small intestine mucosa. In preferred embodiments, the composition comprises one or more nutrients and/or electrolytes that acquire or retain considerable absorptive capacity."

The patent w...