Patents Assigned to Prolacta Bioscience
  • Human milk permeate compositions and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 8927027
    Abstract: This disclosure features human milk permeates and compositions containing the same obtained from fractionated whole human milk. The oligosaccharide rich permeate and permeate compositions of the present invention are useful as nutritional supplements for pre-term and full term infants, for establishing or maintaining gut flora and for treating the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Prolacta Bioscience
    Inventors: Joseph Fournell, Scott Eaker, Scott Elster, David J. Rechtman
  • HIGH FAT HUMAN MILK PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20140272027
    Abstract: The disclosure features a human milk cream composition as well as methods of making a human milk cream composition and using a human milk cream composition. In particular, the disclosure features a method of using a human milk cream composition to raise the caloric content of human milk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: PROLACTA BIOSCIENCE
    Inventors: SCOTT ELSTER, JOE FOURNELL, SCOTT EAKER
  • ADULTERATION TESTING OF HUMAN MILK
    Publication number: 20140272936
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for screening human milk for an adulterant, e.g., non-human milk and infant formula, as well as methods of making human milk compositions free of an adulterant, e.g., human milk fortifiers and standardized human milk formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Prolacta Bioscience
    Inventors: Scott EAKER, Mark A. Wisniewski
  • ADULTERATION TESTING OF HUMAN MILK
    Publication number: 20140271980
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for screening human milk for an adulterant, e.g., non-human milk and infant formula, as well as methods of making human milk compositions free of an adulterant, e.g., human milk fortifiers and standardized human milk formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Prolacta Bioscience
    Inventors: Scott EAKER, Mark A. Wisniewski
  • MICROFILTRATION OF HUMAN MILK TO REDUCE BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION
    Publication number: 20130059050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating raw human milk to produce treated human milk having undetectable levels of bacteria. The milk is skimmed to produce skim human milk then subjected to microfiltration to yield a filtrate which has undetectable levels of bacteria, including Bacillus cereus. The resultant human milk can be further processed, used and/or sold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Prolacta Bioscience
    Inventors: Joseph Fournell, Scott Eaker, Armando Montoya
  • Methods for testing milk
    Patent number: 8278046
    Abstract: The disclosure is related generally to methods for testing mammary fluid (including milk) to establish or confirm the identity of the donor of the mammary fluid. Such methods are useful in the milk-bank business to improve safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Prolacta Bioscience
    Inventors: Elena M. Medo, Martin L. Lee, David J. Rechtman
  • METHOD FOR COLLECTING, TESTING AND DISTRIBUTING MILK
    Publication number: 20100268658
    Abstract: The disclosure is related generally to a method for facilitating the collection and distribution of milk over a computer nextwork among a milk provider, a milk company and a milk distribution center
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Prolacta Bioscience
    Inventors: Elena Medo, Martin Lee, David Rechtman