Patents by Inventor Fernanda FONSECA

Fernanda FONSECA 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: 20210154239
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a fecal 5 micro biota sample of a donor subject. Said method includes the following steps: a) collecting at least one fecal microbiota sample from the donor subject; b) within a period of less than 5 minutes after collecting the sample, placing said sample obtained in step a) in an oxygen-tight collection device; c) mixing the sample obtained in step b) with at least one aqueous saline IO solution containing at least one cryoprotectant and/or a filling agent; d) optionally, filtering the mixture obtained in step c), in particular by means of a filter comprising pores having a diameter of less than or equal to 0.7 mm, preferably less than or equal to 0.5 mm; and e) storing the mixture obtained in step c) or d) by freezing said mixture at a temperature 15 of between ?15° C. and ?100° C. Steps b) to e) are carried out in anaerobiosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Hervé AFFAGARD, Carole SCHWiNTNER, Catherine JUSTE, Joël DORE, Patricia LEPAGE, Christei MAILLET, Sylvie RABOT, Fernanda FONSECA, Hervé BLOTTIERE
  • Patent number: 10980839
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a fecal 5 microbiota sample of a donor subject. Said method includes the following steps: a) collecting at least one fecal microbiota sample from the donor subject; b) within a period of less than 5 minutes after collecting the sample, placing said sample obtained in step a) in an oxygen-tight collection device; c) mixing the sample obtained in step b) with at least one aqueous saline 10 solution containing at least one cryoprotectant and/or a filling agent; d) optionally, filtering the mixture obtained in step c), in particular by means of a filter comprising pores having a diameter of less than or equal to 0.7 mm, preferably less than or equal to 0.5 mm; and e) storing the mixture obtained in step c) or d) by freezing said mixture at a temperature 15 of between ?15° C. and ?100° C. Steps b) to e) are carried out in anaerobiosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: MAAT PHARMA, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT
    Inventors: Hervé Affagard, Carole Schwintner, Catherine Juste, Joël Dore, Patricia Lepage, Christel Maillet, Sylvie Rabot, Fernanda Fonseca, Hervé Blottiere
  • Patent number: 10736849
    Abstract: Method for lyophilisation of a simple of fecal microbiota. The present invention relates to a method for lyophilisation of a sample of fecal microbiota from a donor subject, comprising the following steps: A) mixing of a sample of fecal microbiota from a donor subject with a diluent selected from polyols, disaccharides to pentasaccharides, maltodextrins and mixtures thereof, and B) freezing the mixture obtained in A) at a temperature of less than ?50° C., preferably of between ?70° C. and ?100° C., followed by the lyophilisation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: MAAT PHARMA, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE
    Inventors: Hervé Affagard, Carole Schwintner, Catherine Juste, Joël Dore, Audrey Chapron, Fernanda Fonseca, Olivier David
  • Publication number: 20180369147
    Abstract: Method for lyophilisation of a simple of fecal microbiota. The present invention relates to a method for lyophilisation of a sample of fecal microbiota from a donor subject, comprising the following steps: A) mixing of a sample of fecal microbiota from a donor subject with a diluent selected from polyols, disaccharides to pentasaccharides, maltodextrins and mixtures thereof, and B) freezing the mixture obtained in A) at a temperature of less than ?50° C., preferably of between ?70° C. and ?100° C., followed by the lyophilisation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hervé AFFAGARD, Carole SCHWINTNER, Catherine JUSTE, Joël DORE, Audrey CHAPRON, Fernanda FONSECA, Olivier DAVID
  • Publication number: 20180099012
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a fecal 5 microbiota sample of a donor subject. Said method includes the following steps: a) collecting at least one fecal microbiota sample from the donor subject; b) within a period of less than 5 minutes after collecting the sample, placing said sample obtained in step a) in an oxygen-tight collection device; c) mixing the sample obtained in step b) with at least one aqueous saline 10 solution containing at least one cryoprotectant and/or a filling agent; d) optionally, filtering the mixture obtained in step c), in particular by means of a filter comprising pores having a diameter of less than or equal to 0.7 mm, preferably less than or equal to 0.5 mm; and e) storing the mixture obtained in step c) or d) by freezing said mixture at a temperature 15 of between ?15° C. and ?100° C. Steps b) to e) are carried out in anaerobiosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Hervé AFFAGARD, Carole SCHWINTNER, Catherine JUSTE, Joël DORE, Patricia LEPAGE, Christel MAILLET, Sylvie RABOT, Fernanda FONSECA, Hervé BLOTTIERE