Patents by Inventor Bruce McConnell

Bruce McConnell 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: 20210393657
    Abstract: A method for reducing the likelihood of a non-infant human experiencing a cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated with hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, or a metabolic disorder such as type II diabetes and/or insulin resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison
  • Publication number: 20210386766
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to compositions and methods for preventing or treating mast cell mediated visceral pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison
  • Patent number: 11173171
    Abstract: A mixture of human milk oligosaccharides that consists essentially of 3?-O-sialyllactose, a component A which is either 3-O-fucosyllactose or lacto-N-tetraose, a component B which is 3-0-fucosyl-3?-O-sialyllactose when component A is 3-O-fucosyllactose and sialyllacto-N-tetraose a, when component A is lacto-N-tetraose and optionally lactose as a fourth component. The mixtures are made by treating 3?-O-sialyllactose and component A with an ?2,3-transsialidase. The mixtures are for use in anti-bacterial and anti-viral compositions, and for promoting the development of Bifidobacterium and Barnesiella.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Elise Champion, Bruce McConnell, Gyula Dekany
  • Publication number: 20210308158
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for treating a patient with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the method comprising administering to the patient one or more neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I, lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and combinations thereof
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Thierry Hennet, Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20210308159
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for the prophylaxis or treatment of non-infectious diarrhea in a human, the method comprising administering to the human an effective amount of one or more human milk oligosaccharides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20210252028
    Abstract: A method and composition including an effective amount of one or more synthetic neutral HMOs are disclosed for modulating the microbiota in the gastro-intestinal tracts of non-infant humans who are carriers of the human fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) genetic mutation and for improving one or more gastrointestinal conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20210213038
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, compounds and compositions for the secondary prevention, treatment or dietary management of symptomatic and asymptomatic non-intestinal autoimmune diseases in a non-infant human including Sjogren's syndrome and type 1 diabetes. Said method, compounds and compositions for the secondary prevention, treatment or dietary management include human milk oligosaccharide (HMO), preferably mixtures of human milk oligosaccharides selected from the group of 2?-FL, LNnT, LNT, DFL, and 6?-SL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell, Kristine Rothaus Christensen
  • Publication number: 20210196735
    Abstract: A method includes selecting a non-infant patient having an obesity-related metabolic disorder and being diagnosable with one or more of obesity, obesity-induced pre-diabetes, and obesity-induced type 2 diabetes. The method further includes selecting an effective amount of one or more human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from: fucosylated HMOs 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL), 3 -fucosyllactose (3-FL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNFP-I), and difucosyllactose (DFL); non-fucosylated HMOs lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), 3?,6-di sialyllacto-N-tetraose (DSLNT), 6?-sialyllactose (6?-SL), and 3?-sialyllactose (3?-SL); and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Emma Elison
  • Patent number: 11040050
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to compositions and methods for preventing or treating mast cell mediated visceral pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison
  • Patent number: 11040049
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for the prophylaxis or treatment of non-infectious diarrhea in a human, the method comprising administering to the human an effective amount of one or more human milk oligosaccharides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20210169907
    Abstract: The invention relates to a human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) for use in, a synthetic composition comprising an HMO for use in, and a method for the treatment of, secondary prevention of, and/or induction of tolerance to non-coeliac wheat and/or gluten sensitivity in a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Louise Kristine VIGSNÆS, Bruce MCCONNELL
  • Patent number: 11026959
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for treating a patient with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the method comprising administering to the patient a mixture comprising 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL) and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Thierry Hennet, Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Patent number: 10987368
    Abstract: The invention relates to HMOs and compositions comprising thereof for reducing the risk of, preventing, or treating CVD and/or CDV associated pathological conditions or diseases in humans, particularly in overweight and obese humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison
  • Publication number: 20210100822
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic composition comprising human milk oligosaccharides for use in at least partially restoring the commensal gastrointestinal microbiota and preventing or mitigating antibiotic associated diarrhoea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Bruce MCCONNELL, Louise Kristine VIGSNÆS, David Paul KRONLAGE
  • Publication number: 20210077513
    Abstract: A synthetic composition for use in improving one or more co-morbid mental disorder symptoms of a patient with IBS, characterised in that the composition contains an effective amount of one or more neutral human milk oligosaccharides, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Bruce MCCONNELL, Emma Elison, Louise Kristine VIGSNÆS
  • Patent number: 10946032
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture of human milk oligosaccharides that consists essentially of: a) a component A which is 3-FL or DFL, a component B which is LNT, LNnT, LNFP-I or 2?-FL, a component C, which is LNFP-II when component B is LNT, or LNFP-III when component B is LNnT, or LNDFH-I when component B is LNFP-I, or DFL when component B is 2?-FL, and a component D, which is lactose when component A is 3-FL, or 2?-FL when component A is DFL, with the proviso that if component B is 2?-FL, then component A is 3-FL; or consists essentially of: b) 3-FL, a component E which is LNT, LNnT or LNFP-I, and a component F, which is LNFP-II when component E is LNT, or LNFP-III when component E is LNnT, or LNDFH-I when component E is LNFP-I, and to processes for producing them and their uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Elise Champion, Bruce McConnell, Gyula Dekany
  • Publication number: 20210052615
    Abstract: A method for treating metabolic disorders in non-infant includes administering to an obese non-infant human during a treatment period an effective amount of a mixture of two or more synthetic neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from 2?-fucosyllactose (2?FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNFP-I), lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and optionally one or more excipients. The method further includes increasing in the gastrointestinal microbiota of the non-infant human during the treatment period, the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and reducing in the non-infant human during the treatment period, a precursor condition for a metabolic disorder associated with development of one or more of obesity-induced pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, the precursor condition selected from gut permeability, metabolic endotoxemia, low-grade metabolic inflammation, and body fat percentage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Emma Salomonsson, Bruce McConnell, Thierry Hennet, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20210000848
    Abstract: A human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) or a synthetic composition comprising said HMO, for use in increasing the abundance, particularly the relative abundance, of a Bifidobacterium of the B. adolescentis phylogenic group in the microbiota in the gastro-intestinal tract of a human, preferably a non-infant human. The HMO(s) and/or synthetic composition is useful in; increasing particularly the relative abundance of B. adolescentis and/or B. pseudocatenulatum; for treating or preventing in said non-infant human with type 2 diabetes and/or obesity; an enteropathogenic infection; impaired gut barrier function and/or; an inflammation related to gastro¬intestinal condition, preferably irritable bowel disease (IBD) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); as a nutritional composition. The HMO is a fucosylated neutral HMO, a non-fucosylated neutral HMO, or a mixture of a fucosylated and a non-fucosylated neutral HMO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Louise Kristine VIGSNÆS, Bruce MCCONNELL
  • Publication number: 20210000849
    Abstract: A synthetic composition for use in treating or improving one or more emotion and/or mood disorders in a patient, characterised in that the composition contains an effective amount of one or more neutral human milk oligosaccharides, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Bruce MCCONNELL, Emma ELISON, Louise Kristine VIGSNÆS
  • Patent number: 10881674
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for stabilising or reducing insulin resistance in patients having an obesity-related, metabolic disorder, the method comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of one or more human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Emma Elison