Patents by Inventor Louise Kristine Vigsnæs

Louise Kristine Vigsnæs 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).

  • Patent number: 11957148
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture of human milk oligosaccharides and composition comprising thereof, that consists essentially of: LNnT, LNT, 2?-FL, 3?-SL, 6?-SL and either DFL or 3-FL, preferably DFL, that can be useful for preventing and/or treating viral and/or bacterial infections in a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnaes
  • Patent number: 11896605
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to compositions and methods for preventing or treating mast cell mediated visceral pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison
  • Patent number: 11896604
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for the prophylaxis or treatment of non-infectious diarrhea in a human, the method comprising administering to the human an effective amount of one or more human milk oligosaccharides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Patent number: 11890293
    Abstract: A method includes selecting a non-infant patient having an obesity-related metabolic disorder and being diagnosable with one or more of obesity, obesity-induced pre-diabetes, and obesity-induced type 2 diabetes. The method further includes selecting an effective amount of one or more human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from: fucosylated HMOs 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNFP-I), and difucosyllactose (DFL); non-fucosylated HMOs lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), 3?,6-disialyllacto-N-tetraose (DSLNT), 6?-sialyllactose (6?-SL), and 3?-sialyllactose (3?-SL); and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Emma Elison
  • Patent number: 11833165
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for treating a patient with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the method comprising administering to the patient one or more neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I, lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Thierry Hennet, Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20230338403
    Abstract: The application relates to compositions containing 2?-FL and DFL for use in a method of reducing pain and/or the perception of visceral pain in a non-infant human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Gabriela Bergonzelli Degonda, Laurent Favre, Laurent Ferrier, Clara Lucia
  • Patent number: 11696921
    Abstract: A human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) or a synthetic composition comprising said HMO, for use in increasing the abundance, particularly the relative abundance, of a Bifidobacterium of the B. adolescentis phylogenic group in the microbiota in the gastro-intestinal tract of a human, preferably a non-infant human. The HMO(s) and/or synthetic composition is useful in; increasing particularly the relative abundance of B. adolescentis and/or B. pseudocatenulatum; for treating or preventing in said non-infant human with type 2 diabetes and/or obesity; an enteropathogenic infection; impaired gut barrier function and/or; an inflammation related to gastro¬intestinal condition, preferably irritable bowel disease (IBD) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); as a nutritional composition. The HMO is a fucosylated neutral HMO, a non-fucosylated neutral HMO, or a mixture of a fucosylated and a non-fucosylated neutral HMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell
  • Patent number: 11684630
    Abstract: A synthetic composition for use in improving one or more co-morbid mental disorder symptoms of a patient with IBS, characterised in that the composition contains an effective amount of one or more neutral human milk oligosaccharides, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GLYCOM A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Emma Elison, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20230119720
    Abstract: A method for treating metabolic disorders includes determining a treatment group comprising obese non-infant humans; formulating a composition comprising one or more synthetic non-fucosylated human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT) and/or 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), and lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNFP-I), that are effective for: increasing in the gastrointestinal microbiota of a non-infant human during a treatment period, the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and reducing a precursor condition for a metabolic disorder associated with development of one or more of obesity-induced pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, the precursor condition selected from gut permeability, metabolic endotoxemia, low-grade metabolic inflammation, and body fat percentage; and reducing the precursor condition in at least one non-infant human in the treatment group by providing the composition to the at least one no
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Emma Elison, Bruce McConnell, Thierry Hennet, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Patent number: 11602545
    Abstract: The invention relates to a human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) for use in, a synthetic composition comprising an HMO for use in and a method for preventing or treating migraine in a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20230014752
    Abstract: The invention relates to a human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) for use in, a synthetic composition comprising an HMO for use in, and a method for the treatment of, secondary prevention of, and/or induction of tolerance to non-coeliac wheat and/or gluten sensitivity in a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Louise Kristine VIGSNÆS, Bruce MCCONNELL
  • Patent number: 11554131
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, compounds and compositions for the secondary prevention, treatment or dietary management of symptomatic and asymptomatic non-intestinal autoimmune diseases in a non-infant human including Sjogren's syndrome and type 1 diabetes. Said method, compounds and compositions for the secondary prevention, treatment or dietary management include human milk oligosaccharide (HMO), preferably mixtures of human milk oligosaccharides selected from the group of 2?-FL, LNnT, LNT, DFL, and 6?-SL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell, Kristine Rothaus Christensen
  • Publication number: 20230012011
    Abstract: The invention relates to a human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) for use in supplementing the diet of a pregnant woman, a synthetic composition comprising an HMO for use in supplementing the diet of a pregnant woman, and a method for improving health outcomes in an infant by supplementing the diet of a pregnant woman.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Dorthe Seitzberg, Ingvild Dybdrodt Amundsen, Buket Soyyilmaz
  • Publication number: 20230000886
    Abstract: The invention relates to a human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) for use in, a synthetic composition comprising an HMO for use in, and a method for prophylactically reducing gastrointestinal IBS symptom severity and/or symptom occurrence in a lac-tose-intolerant, IBS patient; reintroducing a source of lactose into the diet of a lactose-intolerant, IBS patient while prophylactically reducing gastrointestinal IBS symptom severity and/or symptom occurrence in the IBS patient; and/or reducing the severity and/or occurrence of non-gastrointestinal symptoms in a lactose-intolerant, IBS patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell, Dorthe Seitzberg, Ingvild Dybdrodt Amundsen
  • Patent number: 11541068
    Abstract: The invention relates to human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) and its use in treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Patent number: 11541067
    Abstract: A method and a composition comprising human milk oligosaccharides for decreasing the production of detrimental proteolytic metabolites such as ammonia and branched chain fatty acids in the intestinal microbiota of humans, which is useful for the treatment of brain-gut disorders like autism, stress, anxiety, and depressive disorders, are disclosed. Methods of treatment of colon cancer and liver damage are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell
  • Patent number: 11541069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) for use in reducing or preventing fatigue and/or improving focus or concentration on a mental or physical activity in a human. The invention also relates to a synthetic composition for use, comprising one or more of said HMOs. The invention further relates to a method for reducing or preventing fatigue and/or improving focus or concentration on a mental or physical activity by administering at least one HMO and the use of said one or more HMOs in a dietary management of a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Ingvild Dybdrodt Amundsen
  • Patent number: 11529364
    Abstract: A method for treating metabolic disorders in non-infant includes administering to an obese non-infant human during a treatment period an effective amount of a mixture of two or more synthetic neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from 2?-fucosyllactose (2?FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNFP-I), lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and optionally one or more excipients. The method further includes increasing in the gastrointestinal microbiota of the non-infant human during the treatment period, the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and reducing in the non-infant human during the treatment period, a precursor condition for a metabolic disorder associated with development of one or more of obesity-induced pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, the precursor condition selected from gut permeability, metabolic endotoxemia, low-grade metabolic inflammation, and body fat percentage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Emma Elison, Bruce McConnell, Thierry Hennet, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Patent number: 11529365
    Abstract: A method and composition including an effective amount of one or more synthetic neutral HMOs are disclosed for modulating the microbiota in the gastro-intestinal tracts of non-infant humans who are carriers of the human fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) genetic mutation and for improving one or more gastrointestinal conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Glycom A/S
    Inventors: Bruce McConnell, Louise Kristine Vigsnæs
  • Publication number: 20220395520
    Abstract: A mixture of human milk oligosaccharides that comprises or consists essentially of a) LNTri II, LNT, pLNH II and optionally lactose, or b) LNTri II, LNnT, pLNnH and optionally lactose, and is useful for preventing or treating viral or bacterial, intestinal and respiratory infections and for modulating the human gastrointestinal microbiota to increase Bifidobacterium abundance. A process for preparing the mixture and methods of crystallizing LNnT and LNT is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Nikolay KHANZHIN, Markus JONDELIUS HEDEROS, Louise Kristine VIGSNÆS, Bruce MCCONNELL