Patents by Inventor Outi Vaarala

Outi Vaarala has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Combination of probiotics
    Patent number: 8309073
    Abstract: The invention relates to a probiotic combination comprising different combinations of lactobacilli, propionic acid bacteria and/or bifidobacteria. The probiotics are preferably combined with a suitable prebiotic to form a synbiotic. The combination of the invention can be consumed as such or combined with a suitable foodstuff or pharmaceutical product, and it is therapeutically useful for example for stimulating the immune system and for general health improvement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Valio Ltd.
    Inventors: Annika Mäyrä-Mäkinen, Tarja Suomalainen, Outi Vaarala
  • METHOD FOR DETECTION OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
    Publication number: 20110275085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of diagnostics, especially to the detection of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Particularly, the invention provides a method for detecting the presence or absence of rheumatoid arthritis, or of a predisposition therefore or for monitoring rheumatoid arthritis in a subject using expression data of target genes related to immune system and tools of bioinformatics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS
    Inventors: Harri Salo, Jarno Honkanen, Outi Vaarala
  • Method of processing a proteinous material, a product so obtained, and use thereof
    Patent number: 6866879
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of removing bovine insulin from a liquid fat-free proteinous material originating from cow's milk, wherein the liquid fat-free proteinous material originating from cow's milk, the material having a pH of 2 to 8, at a temperature below 65° C., is contacted with an adsorption resin, whereby the weight ratio of the proteinous material to be treated to the adsorption resin is at most 100:1, optionally combining with said resin treatment at least one ultra and dia-filtration treatment of the proteinous material, and, if necessary, the liquid material so obtained is concentrated into a protein concentrate and optionally dried to powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Valio Ltd.
    Inventors: Outi Vaarala, Olli Tossavainen, Outi Kerojoki, Kari Salminen, Marika Eriksson
  • Combination of probiotics
    Publication number: 20040062758
    Abstract: The invention relates to a probiotic combination comprising different combinations of lactobacilli. propionic acid bacteria and/or bifidobacteria. The probiotics are preferably combined with a suitable prebiotic to form a synbiotic. The combination of the invention can be consumed as such or combined with a suitable foodstuff or pharmaceutical product, and it is therapeutically useful for example for stimulating the immune system and for general health improvement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Annika Mayra-Makinen, Tarja Suomalainen, Outi Vaarala