Patents by Inventor Michael J. Sadowsky

Michael J. Sadowsky 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: 12295974
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Alexa R. Weingarden, Matthew J. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 12186349
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) including primary and recurrent CDI. In particular, the compositions and methods described herein are capable of achieving a CDI clearance rate of at least 80% through a single oral dose of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a freeze-dried fecal microbiota preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Matthew J. Hamilton, Alexander Khoruts, Michael J. Sadowsky, Christopher M. Staley
  • Patent number: 11819523
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) including primary and recurrent CDI. In particular, the compositions and methods described herein are capable of achieving a CDI clearance rate of at least 80% through a single oral dose of pharmaceutical composition comprising a freeze-dried fecal microbiota preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Matthew J. Hamilton, Alexander Khoruts, Michael J. Sadowsky, Christopher M. Staley
  • Patent number: 11801269
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Alexa R. Weingarden, Matthew J. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 11202808
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by restoring an ASD patient's gut microbiota. These methods can be used with ASD patient with or without ongoing gastrointestinal symptoms. Provided here is a method for ASD treatment in a subject in need thereof comprising or consisting essentially of administering a therapeutic composition comprising a fecal microbe or a fecal microbiota preparation to the subject. Also provided here is a method comprises administering an antibiotic to a human subject; subjecting the human subject to a bowel cleanse; and administering purified fecal microbiota to the human subject. Further provided are evaluation and quantitative characterization of patient symptom improvements upon treatment described here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Regents of The University of Minnesota, Finch Therapeutics Holdings LLC
    Inventors: James Adams, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Dae-Wook Kang, Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Thomas J. Borody
  • Publication number: 20200376007
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I): or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R6 have any of the values described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula (I). The compounds are agonists of the TGR5 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Ian Dosa, Alexanader Khoruts, Michael J. Sadowsky
  • Patent number: 10849936
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) including primary and recurrent CDI. In particular, the compositions and methods described herein are capable of achieving a CDI clearance rate of at least 80% through a single oral dose of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a freeze-dried fecal microbiota preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Matthew J. Hamilton, Alexander Khoruts, Michael J. Sadowsky, Christopher M. Staley
  • Publication number: 20200262865
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds for preventing, treating, and/or reducing the risk of developing a Clostridium-associated disease in a mammalian subject. Also provided are pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds and compositions that include such compounds and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Khoruts, Michael J. Sadowsky, Peter Dosa, Kristen Layne Stoltz
  • Patent number: 10286011
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Alexa R. Weingarden, Matthew J. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 10286012
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Alexa R. Weingarden, Matthew J. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 10251914
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Alexa R. Weingarden, Matthew J. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 10028980
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Alexa R. Weingarden, Matthew J. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 9968638
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Alexa R. Weingarden, Matthew J. Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20180110810
    Abstract: The present invention provides freeze-dried compositions that include an extract of human feces and a cryoprotectant, and methods for making and using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Matthew James Hamilton, Aleh Bobr, Alexa Rachel Weingarden
  • Publication number: 20180000872
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) including primary and recurrent CDI. In particular, the compositions and methods described herein are capable of achieving a CDI clearance rate of at least 80% through a single oral dose of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a freeze-dried fecal microbiota preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew J. Hamilton, Alexander Khoruts, Michael J. Sadowsky, Christopher M. Staley
  • Patent number: 9790484
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for encapsulation of biomaterials in a silica-matrix. The present invention includes a composition for formation of a silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterial. The composition includes a reactive silicon compound and a biomaterial with a catalytic activity. When encapsulated in the silica-matrix, the biomaterial at least partially retains its catalytic activity. The present invention also relates to methods of making silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterials, and to methods of using silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterials, including methods of treating water or gas using the silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Lawrence P. Wackett, Alptekin Aksan, Michael J Sadowsky, Eduardo Reategui, Lisa Kasinkas
  • Patent number: 9649343
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: National Institutes of Health (NIH); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); The United States of America, NIH Division of Extramural Inventions and Tehnology Resources (DEITR)
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Alexa R. Weingarden, Matthew J. Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20160375063
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Alexa R. Weingarden, Matthew J. Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20160279176
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Alexa R. Weingarden, Matthew J. Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20150374761
    Abstract: The present invention provides freeze-dried compositions that include an extract of human feces and a cryoprotectant, and methods for making and using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Matthew James Hamilton, Aleh Bobr, Alexa Rachel Weingarden