Patents by Inventor Hermanus Josef Martinus Harmsen

Hermanus Josef Martinus Harmsen 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).

  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR STIMULATING BENEFICIAL BACTERIA IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
    Publication number: 20180207165
    Abstract: The invention relates to supporting the growth or maintenance of oxygen-sensitive bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal. Provided is the use of riboflavin, riboflavin phosphate or a salt thereof, for the manufacture of a food composition, pharmaceutical composition, food or dietary supplement, for the selective stimulation of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in the gastrointestinal tract. Also provided is a synbiotic composition comprising living beneficial butyrate-producing anaerobic bacteria formulated with riboflavin, riboflavin phosphate or a salt thereof, and cysteine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hermanus Josef Martinus Harmsen, Muhammad Tanweer Khan, Mehdi Sadaghian Sadabad, Jan Maarten Van Dijl
  • Use of Faecalibacterium Prausnitzii Htf-f (DSM 26943) to Suppress Inflammation
    Publication number: 20160000838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to medicine, particularly immunology and gastroenterology. Specifically, it relates to probiotic bacteria and extracts thereof for therapeutic use for the treatment of inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease. Provided is a composition comprising as active ingredient Faecalibacterium prausnitzii strain HTF-F (DSM 26943) or an extract thereof comprising extracellular polymeric matrix (EPM), and an acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient. Also provided is an anti-inflammatory composition comprising EPM extracted from F. prausnitzii strain HTF-F, and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicants: RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN, THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT, ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN
    Inventors: Hermanus Josef Martinus HARMSEN, Muhammad Tanweer KHAN, Jeremy WELLS, Oriana ROSSI, Harry James FLINT, Sylvia Helen DUNCAN
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR STIMULATING BENEFICIAL BACTERIA IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
    Publication number: 20150283144
    Abstract: The invention relates to supporting the growth or maintenance of oxygen-sensitive bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal. Provided is the use of riboflavin, riboflavin phosphate or a salt thereof, for the manufacture of a food composition, pharmaceutical composition, food or dietary supplement, for the selective stimulation of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in the gastrointestinal tract. Also provided is a synbiotic composition comprising living beneficial butyrate-producing anaerobic bacteria formulated with riboflavin, riboflavin phosphate or a salt thereof, and cysteine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Hermanus Josef Martinus Harmsen, Muhammad Tanweer Khan, Mehdi Sadaghian Sadabad, Jan Maarten Van Dijl