US Patent Issued on May 12 for "Edible enterosorbents used to mitigate acute exposures to ingestible environmental toxins following outbreaks, natural disasters and emergencies" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,925, issued on May 12.

"Edible enterosorbents used to mitigate acute exposures to ingestible environmental toxins following outbreaks, natural disasters and emergencies" was invented by Timothy D Phillips (College Station, Texas) and Meichen Wang (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An edible enterosorbent containing a treated enterosorbent, wherein the treated enterosorbent comprises a parent sorbent that has been acid and/or lecithin treated, and wherein the treated sorbent is operable for adsorption of one or more toxins from a gastrointestinal tract of a living being when introduced thereto, such that a bioavaila...