US Patent Issued on Sept. 8 for "Vaginal hydrogel" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,166, issued on Sept. 8.

"Vaginal hydrogel" was invented by Brenda K. Mann (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vaginal hydrogel may be a composition which includes a glycosaminoglycan, a reactive molecule, and, in some embodiments, a therapeutic agent. The glycosaminoglycan and the reactive molecule may include either thiol groups or thiol reactive sites and have a pH that is within a range of a normal vaginal environment. Some of the thiol groups may interact with the vaginal mucosa and allow the hydrogel to remain in the vagina for a longer period than existing compounds intended for intravaginal administration. Thera...