Patents by Inventor Bengt Bjorksten

Bengt Bjorksten 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).

  • Stabilized bacterial formulation
    Patent number: 8114397
    Abstract: Selected strains of Lactobacillus and products containing cells of the selected strains to improve breast milk for feeding to babies, more precisely to increase the levels of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL10 in the milk and reduce the risk that the feeding baby will develop allergies and simultaneously reduce the cause and thereby the amount of TGF-beta-2 in the milk, thus resulting in reduced risk for the lactating mother to develop mastitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Biogaia AB
    Inventors: Bengt Bjorksten, Bo Mollstam
  • Method for improved breast milk feeding to reduce the risk of allergy
    Patent number: 7955834
    Abstract: Selected strains of Lactobacillus and products containing cells of the selected strains to improve breast milk for feeding to babies, more precisely to increase the levels of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL10 in the milk and reduce the risk that the feeding baby will develop allergies and simultaneously reduce the cause and thereby the amount of TGF-beta-2 in the milk, thus resulting in reduced risk for the lactating mother to develop mastitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Biogaia AB
    Inventors: Bengt Bjorksten, Bo Mollstam, Elisabeth Sjoberg
  • Stabilized bacterial formulation
    Publication number: 20100129336
    Abstract: Selected strains of Lactobacillus and products containing cells of the selected strains to improve breast milk for feeding to babies, more precisely to increase the levels of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL10 in the milk and reduce the risk that the feeding baby will develop allergies and simultaneously reduce the cause and thereby the amount of TGF-beta-2 in the milk, thus resulting in reduced risk for the lactating mother to develop mastitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Bengt Bjorksten, Bo Mollstam
  • Method for improved breast milk feeding to reduce the risk of allergy
    Publication number: 20050271641
    Abstract: Selected strains of Lactobacillus and products containing cells of the selected strains to improve breast milk for feeding to babies, more precisely to increase the levels of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL10 in the milk and reduce the risk that the feeding baby will develop allergies and simultaneously reduce the cause and thereby the amount of TGF-beta-2 in the milk, thus resulting in reduced risk for the lactating mother to develop mastitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Bengt Bjorksten, Bo Mollstam, Elisabeth Sjoberg