Patents by Inventor Antonia COSTA BAUZÁ

Antonia COSTA BAUZÁ 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).

  • Publication number: 20230093480
    Abstract: It is provided a composition comprising phytic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in reducing or preventing microorganisms' proliferation and/or encrustations caused by a urinary tract device implanted in a subject, thereby preventing or treating clinical complications related to microorganisms' proliferation and/or encrustations. The composition can further comprise a urine acidifier such as methionine, a crystallization inhibitor such as theobromine and/or other agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: Devicare SL, Universidad De Les Illes Balears
    Inventors: Felix GRASES FREIXEDAS, Jordi CUÑE CASTELLANA, Antonia COSTA-BAUZÁ, Paula CALVÓ GARCÍA, Sebastián ALBERTÍ SERRANO, Margalida MATEU BORRÁS
  • Patent number: 11213535
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a composition comprising phytic acid or a phytate salt, magnesium in the form of salt, hydroxide or oxide and optionally at least one polyphenol. These components may be in isolated form or be part of an enriched plant extract. The invention is also related to the use of this composition for the treatment of renal lithiasis, preferably calcium or calcium oxalate lithiasis, either in the form of a medicament, a nutraceutical or functional food or food supplement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS
    Inventors: Félix Grases Freixedas, Antonia Costa Bauzá, Rafael María Prieto Almirall, Adrián Rodríguez Rodríguez
  • Patent number: 11207365
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the use of a separate, sequential or simultaneous combination of at least one urinary acidifier with at least one calcium phosphate crystallization inhibitor for urine acidification, and thus preventing the pH at which supersaturation of calcium phosphate is produced and consequently, renal lithiasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS
    Inventors: Félix Grases Freixedas, Antonia Costa Bauzá, Rafael María Prieto Almirall, Adrián Rodríguez Rodríguez
  • Publication number: 20190216873
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the use of a separate, sequential or simultaneous combination of at least one urinary acidifier with at least one calcium phosphate crystallization inhibitor for urine acidification, and thus preventing the pH at which supersaturation of calcium phosphate is produced and consequently, renal lithiasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Félix GRASES FREIXEDAS, Antonia COSTA BAUZÁ, Rafael María PRIETO ALMIRALL, Adrián RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ
  • Patent number: 10149851
    Abstract: The present invention refers to the use of theobromine or its derivatives as an inhibitor of the crystallization of uric acid to avoid the formation of uric acid crystals in urine and as a consequence renal lithiasis or specifically uric acid renal lithiasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS
    Inventors: Félix Grases Freixedas, Antonia Costa Bauzá, Rafael María Prieto Almirall, Adrián Rodríguez Rodríguez
  • Publication number: 20180214463
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of phytate or any of the salts thereof for preventing the formation of advanced glycation end-products (AGE), toxic products that are produced in pathologies such as diabetes, either alone or combined with B6 vitamins such as pyridoxamine and forming part of a medicament or a pharmaceutical composition produced so as to be administered via oral, rectal, subcutaneous, intra-arterial, intramuscular, intraspinal, intracranial, intravenous or inhalation routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Félix GRASES FREIXEDAS, Antonia COSTA BAUZÁ, Miguel ADROVER ESTELRICH, Francisco BERGA MONTANER, Pilar SANCHÍS CORTÉS, Luis MASMIQUEL COMAS, Rosmeri RIVERA IROGOIN, Regina FORTUNY MARQUÉS
  • Publication number: 20170143724
    Abstract: The present invention refers to the use of theobromine or its derivatives as an inhibitor of the crystallisation of uric acid to avoid the formation of uric acid crystals in urine and as a consequence renal lithiasis or specifically uric acid renal lithiasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Félix GRASES FREIXEDAS, Antonia COSTA BAUZÁ, Rafael María PRIETO ALMIRALL, Adrián RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20170128469
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a composition comprising phytic acid or a phytate salt, magnesium in the form of salt, hydroxide or oxide and optionally at least one polyphenol. These components may be in isolated form or be part of an enriched plant extract. The invention is also related to the use of this composition for the treatment of renal lithiasis, preferably calcium or calcium oxalate lithiasis, either in the form of a medicament, a nutraceutical or functional food or food supplement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS
    Inventors: Félix GRASES FREIXEDAS, Antonia COSTA BAUZÁ, Rafael María PRIETO ALMIRALL, Adrián RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20170119799
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition that comprises inositol phosphates and/or bisphosphonates, and to the use thereof to prevent the loss of substances of biological interest in the body of patients subjected to dialysis and to maintain sufficient physiological levels of said substances to regulate physiological and/or pathological processes, these substances being inhibitors of pathological crystallisation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Félix GRASES FREIXEDAS, Joan PERELLO BESTARD, Fernando TUR ESPINOSA, Antonia COSTA BAUZA, Rafael M. PRIETO ALMIRALL, Isabel GOMILA MUÑIZ
  • Publication number: 20170106032
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the use of a separate, sequential or simultaneous combination of at least one urinary acidifier with at least one calcium phosphate crystallization inhibitor for urine acidification, and thus preventing the pH at which supersaturation of calcium phosphate is produced and consequently, renal lithiasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Félix GRASES FREIXEDAS, Antonia COSTA BAUZÁ, Rafael María PRIETO ALMIRALL, Adrián RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20160061813
    Abstract: Portable device (1) for analysing pH or another variable by electrochemical measurement comprising a sensor (2), a microprocessor (3) and display means (4) for the results of the analysis. The portable device makes it possible to carry out pre-diagnoses quickly and easily without the need for specialist staff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Isabel GOMILA MUÑOZ, Feliciano Grases Freixedas, Antonia Costa-Bauza, Rafael M. Prieto Almirall, Eva Martin Becerra, Ruben Henriquez Pelaez, Bernat Isern Amengual, Joan Perello Bestard
  • Publication number: 20150374752
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition that comprises inositol phosphates and/or bisphosphonates, and to the use thereof to prevent the loss of substances of biological interest in the body of patients subjected to dialysis and to maintain sufficient physiological levels of said substances to regulate physiological and/or pathological processes, these substances being inhibitors of pathological crystallisation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Félíx GRASES FREIXEDAS, Joan PERELLO BESTARD, Fernando TUR ESPINOSA, Antonia COSTA BAUZA, Rafael M. PRIETO ALMIRALL, Isabel GOMILA MUÑIZ
  • Patent number: 9155750
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition that comprises inositol phosphates and/or bisphosphonates, and to the use thereof to prevent the loss of substances of biological interest in the body of patients subjected to dialysis and to maintain sufficient physiological levels of said substances to regulate physiological and/or pathological processes, these substances being inhibitors of pathological crystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Universitat de les Illes Balears
    Inventors: Félix Grases Freixedas, Joan Perello Bestard, Fernando Tur Espinosa, Antonia Costa Bauza, Rafael M. Prieto Almirall, Isabel Gomila Muñiz
  • Patent number: 9144578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fixed-dose association of phytate and zinc in synergic proportions for use in the treatment of crystallization of hydroxyapatite. Advantageously, said association is in a molar ratio between the phytate and the zinc exceeding 4:1. The invention also relates to the use of said association for manufacturing a drug for the treatment, prophylaxis and/or prevention crystallization of hydroxyapatite in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Universitat de les Illes Balears
    Inventors: Felix Grases Freixedas, Joan Perello Bestard, Bernat Isern Amengual, Pilar Sanchis Cortes, Rafael M. Prieto Almirall, Antonia Costa Bauza
  • Publication number: 20140302166
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition that comprises inositol phosphates and/or bisphosphonates, and to the use thereof to prevent the loss of substances of biological interest in the body of patients subjected to dialysis and to maintain sufficient physiological levels of said substances to regulate physiological and/or pathological processes, these substances being inhibitors of pathological crystallisation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Félix GRASES FREIXEDAS, Joan PERELLO BESTARD, Fernando TUR ESPINOSA, Antonia COSTA BAUZA, Rafael M. PRIETO ALMIRALL, Isabel GOMILA MUÑIZ
  • Patent number: 8778912
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition that comprises inositol phosphates and/or bisphosphonates, and to the use thereof to prevent the loss of substances of biological interest in the body of patients subjected to dialysis and to maintain sufficient physiological levels of said substances to regulate physiological and/or pathological processes, these substances being inhibitors of pathological crystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Universitat de les Illes Balears
    Inventors: Félix Grases Freixedas, Joan Perello Bestard, Fernando Tur Espinosa, Antonia Costa Bauza, Rafael M. Prieto Almirall, Isabel Gomila Muñiz
  • Patent number: 8377909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of myo-inositol hexaphosphate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with the dissolution of crystals of calcium salts, in particular osteoporosis. These compounds may be utilized in the manufacture of functional foods, dietetic supplements, vitamin supplements, nutritional supplements, food supplements, or phytotherapeutic products having properties of inhibition of dissolution of crystals of calcium salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Universitat de les Illes Balears
    Inventors: Felix Grases Freixedas, Pilar Sanchis Cortes, Antonia Costa-Bauza, Joan Perello Bestard, Rafael Mara Prieto Almirall, Bernat Isern Amengual, Ramon Garcia Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 8377908
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fixed-dose association of 5 phytate and zinc in synergic proportions for use in the treatment of crystallization of hydroxyapatite. Advantageously, said association is in a molar ratio between the phytate and the zinc exceeding 4:1. The invention also relates to the use of said 10 association for manufacturing a drug for the treatment, prophylaxis and/or prevention crystallization of hydroxyapatite in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventors: Felix Grases Freixedas, Joan Perello Bestard, Bernat Isern Amengual, Pilar Sanchis Cortes, Rafael M Prieto Almirall, Antonia Costa Bauza
  • Publication number: 20130032494
    Abstract: Portable device (1) for analysing pH or another variable by electrochemical measurement comprising a sensor (2), a microprocessor (3) and display means (4) for the results of the analysis. The portable device makes it possible to carry out pre-diagnoses quickly and easily without the need for specialist staff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Isabel Gomila Muñoz, Feliciano Grases Freixedas, Antonia Costa-Bauza, Rafael M. Prieto Almirall, Eva Martín Becerra, Bernat Isern Amengual, Ruben Henríquez Peláez, Joan Perelló Berstard
  • Publication number: 20110172194
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition that comprises inositol phosphates and/or bisphosphonates, and to the use thereof to prevent the loss of substances of biological interest in the body of patients subjected to dialysis and to maintain sufficient physiological levels of said substances to regulate physiological and/or pathological processes, these substances being inhibitors of pathological crystallisation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Félix Grases Freixedas, Joan Perello Bestard, Fernando Tur Espinosa, Antonia Costa Bauza, Rafael M. Prieto Almirall, Isabel Gomila Muñiz