Patents by Inventor Isabelle Boucher

Isabelle Boucher 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: 20070167400
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards compositions and methods for reducing or controlling inflammation and for treating inflammatory disease processes and other pathological conditions. The present invention relates to mixtures comprising at least one oligosaccharide of chitosan or a component thereof as novel pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements or cosmetic compositions containing such mixtures, and to the use of such mixtures for preparing a medicament or a dietary supplement for the suppression of hypersensitivity reaction and/or inflammation in human and animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Isabelle Boucher, Serge Brunet
  • Publication number: 20050255216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to composition and method for inhibiting growth or propagation of spoilage or pathogen microorganisms in vegetables. Microorganisms, bacteria or yeasts, that can be naturally found or introduced into vegetables before or during their processing, such as fermentation, can be inhibited by treatment with a solution containing hydrolyzed chitosan-lactate. In this way, unprocessed and processed vegetable foods can be preserved for a longer period of time without deterioration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicants: Caldwell Bio Fermentation Canada Inc., SA Majeste' La Reine du Chef du Canada, ISM Biopolymer Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Savard, Isabelle Boucher, Claude Champagne
  • Publication number: 20050070500
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlled release of saccharides and oligosaccharides in human and animal. Polysaccharides are digested in a manner to provide oligomers having desired numbers of units of saccharides or monosaccharides, most particularly glucosamine and N-acetyl-glucosamine and derivatives thereof. The rate of release of monosaccharides is proportional to the length of the oligomers administered to an organism, and has targeted physiological effects depending on the length of the oligomers used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Isabelle Boucher l, Serge Brunet
  • Publication number: 20050004057
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards compositions and methods for reducing or controlling inflammation and for treating inflammatory disease processes and other pathological conditions. The present invention relates to mixtures comprising at least on oligosaccharide of chitosan or a component thereof as novel pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements or cosmetic compositions containing such mixtures, and to the use of such mixtures for preparing a medicament or a dietary supplement for the suppression hypersensitivity and/or inflammatory reaction in human and animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Isabelle Boucher, Serge Brunet
  • Publication number: 20040157308
    Abstract: The invention relates to a 4007 bp DNA fragment from the strain Lactococcus raffinolactis ATCC 43920 containing two genes. The first gene (named aga) codes for an enzyme with an alpha-galactosidase activity. The second gene (named galR) codes for a transcriptional regulator which would act as a regulator of aga. When present in a lactic acid bacterium such as Lactococcus lactis, this DNA fragment can modify the sugar fermentation profile of the strain from melibiose-negative to melibiose-positive. The utilisation of a culture media containing melibiose as the sole carbon source and bromcresol purple as pH indicator allows the identification of the melibiose-fermenting bacteria as yellow colonies on a purple background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Sylvain Moineau, Isabelle Boucher