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).

  • Patent number: 10864224
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, David Paul Kronlage
  • Patent number: 10857168
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and composition for modulating the microbiota in the gastro-intestinal tracts of non-infant humans who are carriers of the human fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) genetic mutation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Patent number: 10835544
    Abstract: The application relates to synthetic compositions containing one or more human milk oligosaccharides for regulating satiety or reducing propensity to obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison
  • Patent number: 10835545
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20200353005
    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 preventing or treating migraine in a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Patent number: 10828313
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic composition comprising one or more human milk monosaccharides and/or one or more human milk oligosaccharides for use in reducing intestinal permeability, endotoxemia and/or low-grade inflammation in patients with metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Emma Salomonsson, Bruce McConnell, Thierry Hennet, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20200338100
    Abstract: The invention relates to a human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) for use in reducing or preventing fatigue and/or improving focus or concentration on a mental or physical activity in a human. The invention also relates to a synthetic composition for use, comprising one or more of said HMOs. The invention further relates to a method for reducing or preventing fatigue and/or improving focus or concentration on a mental or physical activity by administering at least one HMO and the use of said one or more HMOs in a dietary management of a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Ingvild Dybdrodt Amundsen
  • Publication number: 20200330492
    Abstract: The application relates to synthetic compositions containing one or more human milk oligosaccharides for treating serotonin and/or tryptophan dysregulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison
  • Publication number: 20200323921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, compounds and compositions for modulating the microbiota in the gastro-intestinal tracts of humans, particularly for increasing the abundance of Akkermansia in the gut microbiota of humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Louise Kristine VIGSNÆS, Bruce MCCONNELL
  • Publication number: 20200316098
    Abstract: A mixture of human milk oligosaccharides that consists essentially of 6?-SL, LNnT and LSTc, made by treating 6?-SL and LNnT in the presence of an ?2,6-transsialidase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Elise CHAMPION, Bruce MCCONNELL, Gyula DEKANY
  • Patent number: 10780103
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20200281954
    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-O-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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Elise CHAMPION, Bruce MCCONNELL, Gyula DEKANY
  • Patent number: 10751354
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell
  • Publication number: 20200260771
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture of human milk oligosaccharides and composition comprising thereof, that consists essentially of: LNnT, LNT, 2?-FL, 3?-SL, 6?-SL and either DFL or 3-FL, preferably DFL, that can be useful for preventing and/or treating viral and/or bacterial infections in a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnaes
  • Publication number: 20200206250
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and composition for inducing allergen tolerance in a patient suffering from an atopic allergy or allergic asthma; hence reducing allergy symptoms in these patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Patent number: 10695359
    Abstract: A mixture of human milk oligosaccharides that consists essentially of 6?-SL, LNnT and LSTc, made by treating 6?-SL and LNnT in the presence of an ?2,6-transsialidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Elise Champion, Bruce McConnell, Gyula Dekany
  • Publication number: 20200163982
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising one or more human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) for use in stimulating the production of butyrate in the gastro-intestinal tract of a non-infant human and obtaining delayed increase in the level of butyrate in the gastro-intestinal tract of the non-infant human, and methods for their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell
  • Publication number: 20200155580
    Abstract: A method and a composition comprising human milk oligosaccharides for decreasing the production of detrimental proteolytic metabolites such as ammonia and branched chain fatty acids in the intestinal microbiota of humans, which is useful for the treatment of brain-gut disorders like autism, stress, anxiety, and depressive disorders, are disclosed. Methods of treatment of colon cancer and liver damage are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell
  • Publication number: 20200147114
    Abstract: A composition consists of an effective amount of a synthetic neutral fucosylated human milk oligosaccharide (“HMO”), an effective amount of a synthetic neutral non-fucosylated HMO, and one or more excipients acceptable for enteral administration to a non-infant human. In some embodiments, the synthetic neutral fucosylated HMO is 2?-fucosyllactose and the synthetic neutral non-fucosylated HMO is selected from lacto-N-neotetraose (“LNnT”) and lacto-N-tetraose (“LNT”). In certain embodiments, the mass ratio of 2?-FL to the selected LNnT or LNT is about 1.5 to about 4.5. In one embodiment, the synthetic neutral non-fucosylated HMO is lacto-N-neotetraose (“LNnT”). In certain embodiments, the one or more excipients acceptable for enteral administration to a human are selected from diluents, antioxidants, lubricants, colorants, binders, disintegrants, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20200138838
    Abstract: A method, in one embodiment, includes administering to a non-infant human an effective amount of a combination of the human milk oligosaccharides (“HMO”s) 2?-FL and DFL, where the amount of the combination of HMOs is effective for modulating the microbiota of the non-infant human and reducing one or more post-treatment condition such as pain and/or a perception of visceral pain in the non-infant human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Gabriela Bergonzelli, Laurent Favre, Laurent Ferrier, Clara Lucia Garcia-Rodenas