Patents by Inventor Helen R. Churella

Helen R. Churella 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).

  • Nutritional product for human infants having chronic lung disease
    Patent number: 5340603
    Abstract: A hypercaloric formula providing nutritional support for human infants having chronic lung disease, said formula having a caloric density of at least 800 kcalories per liter of formula and wherein not less than 56% of the total calories in said formula is derived from fat; not more than 15% of total calories is derived from a high quality protein source; and from about 20-27% of total calories is from a carbohydrate source; said formula having a calcium to phosphorous ratio in the range of 1.4 to 2.2, and having an m-inositol concentration of at least 50 milligrams per liter of formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Michael J. Neylan, Karin M. Ostrom, Helen R. Churella, Merlin D. Breen, John D. Benson
  • Method of providing selenium in a nutritional product
    Patent number: 5221545
    Abstract: Selenium is provided in a nutritional product by incorporating selenate into a premix with an zinc and/or copper (II) salt which is water soluble and then combining the premix with a source of nutrition to form a nutritional product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Marlene W. Borschel, Helen R. Churella, Benita C. Yao, Bogdan K. Kedzierski