ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,417, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to The University of Melbourne (Parkville, Australia).
"Stabilized stannous compositions" was invented by Eric Charles Reynolds (Parkville, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to improved complexes of amorphous calcium phosphate and/or amorphous calcium fluoride phosphate stabilised by phosphopeptides/phosphoproteins by addition of stannous ions. These complexes have anticariogenic properties useful to protect tooth structures as they remineralize (repair) early stages of dental caries and have other dental/medical applications (including anti-calculus, anti-eros...