US Patent Issued to Meharry Medical College on Dec. 16 for "Okra extract as a substitute for cervical mucus" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,325, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Meharry Medical College (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Okra extract as a substitute for cervical mucus" was invented by Anthony E. Archibong (Antioch, Tenn.), G. William Bates (Brentwood, Tenn.), Elochukwu J. Ezekakpu (Nashville, Tenn.), Lorin W. Simon (Antioch, Tenn.) and James E.K. Hildreth (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Artificial cervical fluid is disclosed that contains a mucilaginous extract from the okra plant. The mucilaginous extract can be produced using a hot aqueous extractant or cold extraction process followed by separation of larger particles from the extract. The extract...