US Patent Issued to Saint Louis University on June 2 for "Recirculating distal intestinal content" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,527, issued on June 2, was assigned to Saint Louis University (St. Louis).

"Recirculating distal intestinal content" was invented by Ajay Kumar Jain (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recirculation system for recirculating intestinal content within an intestinal tract of a subject including a recirculation pathway extending from a distal portion of the intestinal tract to a proximal portion of the intestinal tract forming a recirculation loop for recirculating the intestinal content through the proximal portion of the intestinal tract to increase nutrient absorption from the intestinal content. A bypass pathway in fluid commu...