Patents by Inventor Laura Cox

Laura Cox 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OBESITY AND RELATED DISORDERS BY CHARACTERIZING AND RESTORING MAMMALIAN BACTERIAL MICROBIOTA
    Publication number: 20170151290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to characterizing changes in mammalian intestinal microbiota associated with associated with high-fat and low-fat diets and with diets containing hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) and related methods for diagnosing, preventing and treating obesity and related conditions such as metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus. Therapeutic methods of the invention involve the use of probiotics, and/or prebiotics, and/or narrow spectrum antibiotics/anti-bacterial agents that are capable of restoring healthy mammalian bacterial intestinal microbiota.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: New York University
    Inventors: Martin J. BLASER, Laura Cox, llseung Cho
  • Compositions and methods for treating obesity and related disorders by characterizing and restoring mammalian bacterial microbiota
    Patent number: 9386793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to characterizing changes in mammalian intestinal microbiota associated with associated with high-fat and low-fat diets and with diets containing hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) and related methods for diagnosing, preventing and treating obesity and related conditions such as metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus. Therapeutic methods of the invention involve the use of probiotics, and/or prebiotics, and/or narrow spectrum antibiotics/anti-bacterial agents that are capable of restoring healthy mammalian bacterial intestinal microbiota.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Martin J. Blaser, Laura Cox, Ilseung Cho
  • Methods for treating bone disorders by characterizing and restoring mammalian bacterial microbiota
    Patent number: 8951512
    Abstract: The present invention relates to characterizing changes in mammalian gastrointestinal microbiota associated with antibiotic treatment and various disease conditions (such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, insulin-deficiency or insulin-resistance related disorders, glucose intolerance, diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver, abnormal lipid metabolism, short stature, osteoporosis, and other disorders of bone formation and mineralization, etc.) and related diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Therapeutic methods of the invention involve the use of probiotics, prebiotics, or narrow spectrum antibiotics/anti-bacterial agents that are capable of restoring healthy mammalian bacterial gastrointestinal microbiota.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Martin J. Blaser, Ilseung Cho, Laura Cox