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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2021
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Jingru Li, Milton, GA (US);
Lindsay Adrienne Peed, Peachtree Corners, GA (US);
Cheryce Francina Joyner, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Rebecca Ann Vongsa, Neenah, WI (US);
David William Koenig, Menasha, WI (US);
Ryan Daniel Bartell, Appleton, WI (US);
Paige Nicole Hollmaier, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions, particularly compositions useful in maintaining and supporting healthy microflora in the female urogenital tract which could lead to inhibition of vaginal infections, as well as methods of treating and preventing vaginal infections. Compositions useful in supporting healthy microflora, disclosed herein, generally comprise a therapeutic amount of a first saccharide and a therapeutic amount of a second saccharide or an organic acid. The saccharides may be, for example, a pentose, a disaccharide, a cyclodextrin, a pectic substance or a non-digestible polysaccharide. The organic acid may be, for example, malic acid.