Specially Adapted For Ruminant Animal Patents (Class 424/438)
  • Patent number: 11541017
    Abstract: Salt formulations, which are resistant to moisture and cooking conditions, are described herein. The formulations provide particles of micronutrients and vitamins encapsulated within heat resistant pH-sensitive water-insoluble polymers, which are packaged within a salt shell. The pH-sensitive, water-insoluble, thermally stable materials stabilize the micronutrients, particularly at high temperatures, such as during food preparation and cooking, and release the micronutrients at the desired locations such as the stomach, small intestine, etc. Preferred pH-sensitive polymers release at a low pH, less than the pH present in the stomach. The particles can be used to deliver daily-recommended doses of micronutrients simultaneously with salt, eliminating the need for vitamin pills. This is particularly important in populations suffering from severe malnutrition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOKITAE LLC
    Inventors: Ana Jaklenec, Xian Xu, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Philip A. Welkhoff, William Gates, Boris Nikolic, Robert S. Langer
  • Patent number: 11395803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rumen-resistant composition in the form of microgranules, a process for its production and a feedstuff containing such composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: BIOSCREEN TECHNOLOGIES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Enrico Gaspari, Flavio Farnedi, Devis Ungheri, Arnaldo Valentini
  • Patent number: 11173138
    Abstract: In various implementations, beta-hydroxybutyrate, related compounds, and/or one or more other compounds may be administered to an individual to cause weight loss, weight maintenance, elevate blood ketone levels, maintain blood ketone levels, reduce blood glucose levels, maintain blood glucose levels, improve energy, focus, mood, cognitive function, or aide with neurological or inflammatory disorders and/or combinations thereof. Other compounds may include short chain fatty acids, short chain triglycerides, medium chain fatty acids, medium chain triglycerides, long chain fatty acids, long chain triglycerides, berberine, metabolites of berberine (e.g., dihydroberberine), and/or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Keto Patent Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Lowery, Jacob Wilson
  • Patent number: 11147766
    Abstract: Provided are devices that are configured for gastric retention for a period of at least six hours (or at least three hours if the subject is in the fasted state) while maintaining their structural integrity and releasing or holding an active or diagnostic agent into or in gastric fluid of a human subject over that period, as well as methods of delivering an agent over an extended period by orally administering such devices to a subject, uses of an enteric polymer in the formation of devices that deliver an agent over an extended period of time, and methods of making such devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Clexio Biosciences Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilan Zalit, Avshalom Ben Menachem
  • Patent number: 11109611
    Abstract: A specific type of digestibility in a companion animal can be improved by adjusting the diet of the animal to increase the amount of a compound which positively or negatively modulates the specific type of digestibility or adjusting the diet of the animal to decrease the amount of a compound which positively or negatively modulates the specific type of digestibility. The specific type of digestibility can be one or more of organic matter digestibility, dry matter digestibility, fiber digestibility, energy digestibility, fat digestibility, or protein digestibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S. A.
    Inventors: Rondo P Middleton, Brian M Zanghi, Serge Andre Dominique Rezzi, Steven S Hannah
  • Patent number: 11090296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ophthalmic depot preparation comprising benzyl benzoate and/or benzyl alcohol and polyethylene glycol and/or dimethylsulfoxide, wherein the volume ratio of benzyl benzoate and/or benzyl alcohol to polyethylene glycol and/or dimethylsulfoxide in the ophthalmic depot preparation is 75:25 to 25:75, and the total amount of benzyl benzoate and/or benzyl alcohol and polyethylene glycol and/or dimethylsulfoxide contained is 50% (w/w) or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Komei Okabe, Toyomi Fujisawa, Kazuhito Yamada
  • Patent number: 11077055
    Abstract: An orally disintegrating dosage form of a proton pump inhibitor, methods for its production and use thereof are provided. The dosage form includes a plurality of pellets containing a proton pump inhibitor admixed with a disintegrant to afford rapid disintegration in the oral cavity after administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Dexcel Pharma Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Sheera Moses-Heller
  • Patent number: 11071722
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for treating symptoms of PMS and PMDD including muscle ache, bloating, cramping, acne, tender breasts, bloating, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, diminished impulse control, irritability, anxiety, tension, anger, depression, insomnia and/or rapid fluctuations in mood (mood swings). The method comprises administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising oxaloacetate, oxaloacetate salts, oxaloacetic acid and/or anhydrous enol-oxaloacetate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Alan B. Cash
  • Patent number: 10962547
    Abstract: An evaluating method includes an evaluating step of evaluating a state of ketosis in postpartum dairy cows for a dairy cow using at least one value of concentration values of Ala, Arg, Asn, Asp, BCAA, Cit, Cys, Glu, Gln, Gly, His, Ile, Leu, Lys, Met, 3MeHis, Orn, Phe, Pro, Ser, Tau, Thr, Trp, Tyr, and Val and concentration values of ALB, ALT, AST, BHBA, BUN, Ca, gGTP, Glc, NEFA, T-Bil, TCHO, TG, and TP in blood of the dairy cow before parturition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Mikami, Akira Imaizumi, Takayuki Tanaka, Yuki Miyazawa, Mina Nakamura, Kazuki Nakagawa, Takeshi Fujieda
  • Patent number: 10961559
    Abstract: A method of determining the feed efficiency and methane production of a ruminating animal comprising analyzing the number and/or diversity of a bacterial taxon of a microbiome of the animal or of a gene content of said microbiome, wherein a number and/or diversity of said taxon below a predetermined level is indicative of an animal having a high feed efficiency and low methane production, or a number of genes below a predetermined level is indicative of an animal having a high feed efficiency and low methane production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: The State of Israel Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
    Inventor: Itzhak Mizrahi
  • Patent number: 10952991
    Abstract: The present invention is made for the prevention of ketosis or minimizing the effects of ketosis in ruminant animals. This purpose is achieved by feeding to the animal biotin in combination with a mixture of at least two essential oil compounds selected from the group consisting of thymol, eugenol, meta-cresol, vaniline and guajacol. The present invention is useful because it is capable of preventing and/or inhibiting ketosis of calving ruminant animals and the subsequent need for veterinary treatment. In a preferred embodiment of a feeding concept for dairy cattle, especially calving dairy cattle, biotin being used in an amount sufficient to provide a daily dosage of 10 mg to 20 mg per head to which it is to be administered. It is at present contemplated that the essential oils are administered in amounts (total dosage ranges of essential oils) of 1 to 1.5 g per head per day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Irmgard Immig, Wolfgang Steinberg, Joseph McGrath
  • Patent number: 10933170
    Abstract: Drug delivery devices are provided in which much of a drug payload within the device remains within an area proximal to a wall of the device through which the drug must pass for release of the drug from the device into a patient. In one case, the device may include a drug reservoir portion which has a drug reservoir lumen bounded by a reservoir wall having an inner surface; a drug located in the drug reservoir lumen; and a core region which does not comprise the drug, wherein the drug is disposed between the inner surface of the reservoir wall and the core region. The device may be elastically deformable between a first shape suited for insertion through a lumen into a body cavity of the patient and a second shape suited to retain the device within the body cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TARIS Biomedical LLC
    Inventors: Heejin Lee, Karen Daniel, Cheryl Larrivee-Elkins, Vikas Agarwal, Hong Linh Ho Duc
  • Patent number: 10842174
    Abstract: According to the invention, it was found that culturing of cells of the taxon Labyrinthulomycetes in a high content of sulphate makes it possible to obtain a biomass having a high EPS content, which biomass can in addition be advantageously further processed into a feedstuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Durhuus, Stefan Eils, Amelia Claudia Silva, Horst Priefert, Jens Schneider, Christian Rabe
  • Patent number: 10806700
    Abstract: Oral dosage forms for the delivery of therapeutic agents include mechanical fasteners for engaging tissue of the gastrointestinal tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Daniel Broom, Joshua Stopek
  • Patent number: 10744095
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical dosage form for application to a mucous membrane, in particular to a buccal, intestinal, rectal or vaginal mucous membrane, comprising at least one sheet like, in particular film shaped, foil shaped or wafer shaped preparation comprising the active pharmaceutical ingredient, a release mechanism, and a trigger mechanism, wherein the trigger mechanism is adapted to trigger, at a predetermined site of action, in particular of the gastrointestinal tract, of the rectum or of the vagina, the release of the sheet like preparation by the release mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Universität Greifswald
    Inventors: Malte Bogdahn, Kirsten Kirsch, Michael Grimm, Mirko Koziolek, Werner Weitschies
  • Patent number: 10737078
    Abstract: Intravesical drug delivery devices are provided which may include an elongated body formed of a matrix system of a drug dispersed in a silicone, wherein the elongated body has a first end, an opposed second end, and an intermediate portion between the first and second ends, and wherein the silicone of the matrix system is cured to bias the elongated body in a coiled retention shape, such that the device is elastically deformable between a relatively straightened shape suited for insertion of the device through a urethra and into the urinary bladder of a patient and the coiled retention shape which is suited to retain the device within the urinary bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: TARIS Biomedical LLC
    Inventors: Heejin Lee, Karen Daniel
  • Patent number: 10674748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing granules for a fish feed or an assorted feed aid, and more particularly, a method for preparing organic coating porous granules for a fish feed or an assorted feed aid using the blood of livestock and clay minerals. The present invention is to provide granules for a fish feed or an assorted feed aid, wherein the granule contains useful minerals, such as zeolite and bentonite, suitable to be used for a feed, and includes an organic coating layer mainly composed of proteins formed on a surface of the granule by using the blood (let blood) of livestock, so that the time while water infiltrates into pores inside the granule mainly composed of inorganic substances is delayed, thereby obtaining having excellent fluidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MACSUMSUK GENERAL MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Keun Kwak, Chi-Hun Kwak
  • Patent number: 10667545
    Abstract: Methods of feeding ruminants involve positioning the feed blocks in a pasture accessible to the ruminants. The feed block may have a total fat content of about 7 wt % to 33 wt % and an intake modifier to control intake of the feed blocks. High fat pellets having a high total fat content provide at least a portion of the fat in the high fat feed blocks. The methods control a rate of ingestion of high fat feed blocks by ruminants while not negatively affecting performance, and in some instances, ingestion of the blocks results in improved performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC
    Inventors: Michael S. Burr, J. Christopher Forcherio, Ronald R. Scott
  • Patent number: 10624370
    Abstract: A specific type of digestibility in a companion animal can be improved by adjusting the diet of the animal to increase the amount of a compound which positively or negatively modulates the specific type of digestibility or adjusting the diet of the animal to decrease the amount of a compound which positively or negatively modulates the specific type of digestibility. The specific type of digestibility can be one or more of organic matter digestibility, dry matter digestibility, fiber digestibility, energy digestibility, fat digestibility, or protein digestibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S A
    Inventors: Rondo P Middleton, Brian M Zanghi, Serge Andre Dominique Rezzi, Steven S Hannah
  • Patent number: 10595995
    Abstract: A device for improving the function of a heart valve comprises a first loop-shaped support, which is configured to abut a first side of the heart valve, and a first flange unit being connected to said first loop-shaped support. The flange unit is configured to be arranged against said annulus when said first loop-shaped support is abutting said heart valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Medtentia International Ltd. Oy
    Inventor: Olli Keränen
  • Patent number: 10556800
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a metal oxide-silica composite aerogel containing a high ratio of a metal oxide and a metal oxide-silica composite aerogel prepared thereby. The method of preparing a metal oxide-silica composite aerogel according to the present invention may adjust a metal oxide ratio to a high level while easily forming a uniform network structure by performing a primary reaction under an acidic condition and a secondary reaction under a basic condition, and thus, since the prepared metal oxide-silica composite aerogel may contain a high ratio of the metal oxide, mechanical properties may not only be excellent, but high specific surface area and low tap density characteristics may also be exhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hun Kim, Je Kyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10555977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a probiotic bacteria, and/or soluble metabolite of a probiotic bacteria and/or a cell lysate of a probiotic bacteria for use in the treatment of a disorder associated with Tight Junction function, characterised in that the probiotic bacteria, soluble metabolite of a probiotic bacteria and/or a cell lysate of a probiotic bacteria is formulated for topical administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApS
    Inventors: Heli Anglenius, Kirsti Tiihonen, Nina Rautonen, Arthur Ouwehand
  • Patent number: 10434267
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device for delivering a pharmaceutical to the airway of a human or animal patient. In one aspect, the device includes a dose drum formed into a cylinder and including a plurality of dose compartments for containing individual doses. In another aspect, the device may include a reservoir containing a pharmaceutical material in bulk form and a metering recess for metering the pharmaceutical material to form a pharmaceutical dose. Another aspect provides an inhaler with a combined reservoir and dosing chamber configured to contain multiple doses of a pharmaceutical material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MICRODOSE THERAPEUTX, INC.
    Inventors: Henri M. Akouka, Daniel P. Becker
  • Patent number: 10363233
    Abstract: A ruminant feed composition, having a granulated core having at least one active substance and at least one layer of a coating material surrounding the core, the coating material comprising one or more linear, saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acids in an amount of at least 60 wt % of the total weight of the coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: H. J. BAKER & BRO., LLC
    Inventors: Danny R. Wright, Richard J. Valagene
  • Patent number: 10092533
    Abstract: A ruminant feed composition, having a granulated core having at least one active substance and at least one layer of a coating material surrounding the core, the coating material comprising one or more linear, saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acids in an amount of at least 60 wt % of the total weight of the coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: H. J. BAKER & BRO., LLC
    Inventors: Danny R. Wright, Richard J. Valagene
  • Patent number: 10028666
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device includes a pressure sensing guidewire. The pressure sensing guidewire may include a tubular member having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion may have a plurality of slots formed therein. The distal portion may have a first wall thickness along a first region and a second wall thickness different from the first wall thickness along a second region. A pressure sensor may be disposed within the distal portion of the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Gregorich
  • Patent number: 10022331
    Abstract: A coating agent imparts gas barrier properties to a solid preparation while keeping rapid disintegration properties of the solid preparation, and a coating formed therewith, and provides a coated solid preparation that maintains its rapid disintegration properties and gas barrier properties, and does not generate cracks in the coating under humidified conditions. The coating agent for a solid preparation contains lactose and a swelling clay, but does not contain a water-soluble polymer, wherein the weight of the swelling clay is 20 to 50% with respect to the weight of the solid content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Suguru Takaki, Kotoe Ohta, Yasuhide Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 9994804
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an isolated cellulose degrading fungus. Also disclosed are culture compositions and bioreactor compositions comprising the cellulose degrading fungus. Further described herein are filtration and extraction devices comprising the cellulose degrading fungus. Still further disclosed are bioprocessing facilities for and methods for producing co-products resulting from one or more bioprocesses of the cellulose degrading fungus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Menon Renewable Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh M. Menon, Arul Victor Suresh, Samantha S. Orchard, Kashinatham Alisala, Jagadish C. Sircar, Sara Ingegard Hash
  • Patent number: 9993498
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and supplement for preventing and/or treating gastrointestinal distress, including ulcer conditions, in animals are disclosed. The supplement comprises mastic gum and lecithin. The supplement may also comprise B vitamins, one or more prebiotics or probiotics, and one or more minerals as well as, pH buffers and flavoring. A disclosed method of preventing and/or treating gastrointestinal distress comprises orally dosing an animal with the supplement at least one daily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Kaeco Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Terry, Leon Kratochvil, James Harless, Tom Kratochvil
  • Patent number: 9986749
    Abstract: A system for the protection against degradation during pelleting of one or more physiologically or pharmacologically active substances, comprising compositions in the form of micro particles or granules, particularly for use in the zootechnical and/or veterinary field. The micro particles include a core which contains one or more substances having a pharmacological action, food supplements or diagnostic media, said one or more substances being characterized by the presence, within their chemical structure, of a basic functional group, specifically including an amine functional group. The core comprises also one or more carboxylic acids and/or their salts and eventually one or more excipients. Said core is coated by an outer layer of fats or waxes, and preferably by a mixture of glyceride of fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC
    Inventors: Sarah E. Boucher, Jill Davidson, Bill L. Miller
  • Patent number: 9974909
    Abstract: A method and device for delivering a pharmaceutical to the airway of a human or animal patient, in one aspect, includes a dose drum formed into a cylinder and including a plurality of dose compartments for containing individual doses. In another aspect, the device may include a reservoir containing a pharmaceutical material in bulk form and a metering recess for metering the pharmaceutical material to form a pharmaceutical dose. Another aspect provides an inhaler with a combined reservoir and dosing chamber configured to contain multiple doses of a pharmaceutical material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MICRODOSE THERAPEUTX, INC.
    Inventors: Henri M. Akouka, Daniel P. Becker
  • Patent number: 9889099
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of enhancing milk production by a ruminant that includes providing a feed that contains sorbitol and at least one additional feed component, and orally feeding the feed to the ruminant, the ruminant ingesting about 100 grams, or less, of sorbitol per day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: LAND O'LAKES, INC.
    Inventor: Cindie M. Luhman
  • Patent number: 9694042
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and supplement for preventing and/or treating gastrointestinal distress, including ulcer conditions, in animals are disclosed. The supplement comprises mastic gum and lecithin. The supplement may also comprise B vitamins, one or more prebiotics or probiotics, and one or more minerals as well as, pH buffers and flavoring. A disclosed method of preventing and/or treating gastrointestinal distress comprises orally dosing an animal with the supplement at least one daily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Kaeco Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Terry, Leon Kratochvil, James Harless, Tom Kratochvil
  • Patent number: 9668971
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a veterinary product or a nutrition product intended in particular for the prevention and treatment of hypocalcaemia in ruminant animals. The product is in the form of a bolus comprising calcium chloride and an effervescent mixture. Advantageously, the bolus enables a high bioavailability of the calcium and does not cause lesions on the digestive tract of the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: HY-NUTRITION
    Inventors: Anca L. Laza-Knoerr, Julien Bonte
  • Patent number: 9649279
    Abstract: Salt formulations, which are resistant to moisture and cooking conditions, are described herein. The formulations provide particles of micronutrients and vitamins encapsulated within heat resistant pH-sensitive water-insoluble polymers, which are packaged within a salt shell. The pH-sensitive, water-insoluble, thermally stable materials stabilize the micronutrients, particularly at high temperatures, such as during food preparation and cooking, and release the micronutrients at the desired locations such as the stomach, small intestine, etc. Preferred pH-sensitive polymers release at a low pH, less than the pH present in the stomach. The particles can be used to deliver daily-recommended doses of micronutrients simultaneously with salt, eliminating the need for vitamin pills. This is particularly important in populations suffering from severe malnutrition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tokitae LLC
    Inventors: Ana Jaklenec, Xian Xu, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Philip A. Eckhoff, William Gates, Boris Nikolic, Robert S. Langer
  • Patent number: 9649609
    Abstract: Process for fluidized bed granulation of amino acid-containing fermentation broths comprising the steps Introduction of a drying gas with a temperature of 100° C.-450° C. into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Spraying of the amino acid-containing fermentation broth into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Discharge of the granules granulated in the fluidized bed granulation chamber with the drying gas stream, and drying of the discharged granules in a fluidized bed drying step, wherein the discharged granulated granules are a granule mixture with various particle sizes and contains an oversize fraction, wherein the oversize comprises the particle sizes which lie above a desired particle size, an wherein the oversize fraction is removed from the discharged granule mixture and then comminuted and the comminuted oversize and the granule mixture from which the oversize was separated are fed into the fluidized bed drying step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Hans Christian Alt, Ansgar Oelmann, Andreas Höfler, Franz Ulrich Becker, Wilfried Blümke
  • Patent number: 9597313
    Abstract: A composition and method for use as a preventive therapy to mitigate the effects of environmental toxins, and particularly aflatoxins in a subject. The subject may be at risk for hepatocellular carcinoma and aflatoxicosis. The composition comprising: an effective amount of an isolated low sodium, calcium aluminosilicate clay in a powder form, wherein the isolated low sodium, calcium aluminosilicate clay contains acceptable levels of dioxins and priority toxic heavy metal contamination, and is capable of preferentially binding aflatoxins in the gastrointestinal tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy D. Phillips, Robert Hunt Carpenter
  • Patent number: 9539400
    Abstract: A dry inhaler system includes a vibrating mechanism. A supply of a dry powder is operatively coupled to the vibrating mechanism. A power source communicates with the vibrating mechanism. A sensor communicates with the vibrating mechanism. A feedback control communicates with the sensor and the power source. The feedback control controls power delivered to the vibrating mechanism relative to information provided by the sensor about the performance of the vibrating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: MICRODOSE THERAPEUTX, INC.
    Inventors: Anand Gumaste, Henri Akouka
  • Patent number: 9504728
    Abstract: There is provided inter alia a pharmaceutical dosage form for oral administration comprising a sanglifehrin as active ingredient in which the sanglifehrin active ingredient is protected from acid degradation in the stomach environment following oral administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB
    Inventors: Matthew Alan Gregory, Steven James Moss
  • Patent number: 9498449
    Abstract: An animal feed such as a milk replacer includes a soluble fiber and a sugar alcohol. The milk replacer enhances weight gain, starter intake and reduces weaning time. The method of feeding the animal includes feeding a mixture of a soluble fiber and sugar alcohol. The animal feed may be used as a method of weaning young ruminants such as calves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC
    Inventor: Bill L. Miller
  • Patent number: 9481609
    Abstract: A heteromorphic granule comprising lysine free base and a lysine salt is disclosed. A fertilizer composition is set forth having cores containing an acid salt of a basic amino acid and effective amounts of first and second layer coatings coated sequentially to the surface of each core. A method for using the heteromorphic granule as a fertilizer and/or an animal feed is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Archer Daniels Midland Company
    Inventors: Kevin Moore, Sundeep N. Vani, Kenneth E. Tague
  • Patent number: 9271516
    Abstract: An animal feed such as a milk replacer includes a soluble fiber and a sugar alcohol. The milk replacer enhances weight gain, starter intake and reduces weaning time. The method of feeding the animal includes feeding a mixture of a soluble fiber and sugar alcohol. The animal feed may be used as a method of weaning young ruminants such as calves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC
    Inventor: Bill L. Miller
  • Patent number: 9185922
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel dairy product comprising naturally secreted mammalian milk which comprises at least about 0.3% long chain omega-3 fatty acids/g of total milk fatty acids. A method of obtaining the milk is also provided which includes feeding a supplement to a mammal comprising a source of long chain omega-3 fatty acids that comprises at least about 2-10% long chain omega-3 fatty acids wt/wt and a protectant that protects against fatty acid biodehydrogenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
    Inventors: Moni Eino, Larry Milligan, John Osborne
  • Patent number: 9179694
    Abstract: A method of feeding a ruminant that entails providing a feed that comprises sugar alcohol and at least one additional feed component, where the feed is free of rumen-protected fatty acid or comprises less than 10 weight percent rumen-protected fatty acid, based on the total weight of the feed and further entails orally supplying the feed to the ruminant during a pre-partum period when the ruminant is pregnant, where the ruminant ingests the feed and sugar alcohol during the pre-partum period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Porter, Cindie M. Luhman
  • Patent number: 9132246
    Abstract: A dry inhaler system includes a vibrating mechanism. A supply of a dry powder is operatively coupled to the vibrating mechanism. A power source communicates with the vibrating mechanism. A sensor communicates with the vibrating mechanism. A feedback control communicates with the sensor and the power source. The feedback control controls power delivered to the vibrating mechanism relative to information provided by the sensor about the performance of the vibrating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: MICRODOSE THERAPEUTX, INC.
    Inventors: Anand Gumaste, Henri Akouka
  • Patent number: 9102893
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment is directed to an equipment lubricating composition comprising useful microorganisms. An exemplary embodiment comprises a water insoluble, water-absorbent substance and an encapsulated microorganism component including viable microorganisms. This encapsulating material may encapsulate and protect the microorganisms by essentially preventing the microorganisms from contacting the external environment. Based on the protection afforded by the encapsulation, exemplary embodiments may include previously inhospitable carrier compounds such as particulate machine lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Biological Marketing
    Inventors: Daniel B. Custis, Martin C. Robinson
  • Patent number: 9090884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations of viable microorganisms in a water insoluble, water-absorbent substance and methods of producing formulations of viable microorganisms. Also disclosed is a method of treating plants and/or plant seeds with the formulations of the present application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: Advanced Biological Marketing Incorporated, Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary E. Harman, Daniel B. Custis
  • Patent number: 9089478
    Abstract: Viscous formulations and methods of using such compositions, useful for intramuscular and intra-articular injection are provided to treat peripheral conditions. Such compositions can include triamcinolone particles present in a therapeutically effective amount, a viscosity inducing component, and an aqueous carrier component. The compositions have viscosities of at least about 10 cps or about 100 cps at a shear rate of 0.1/second. In a preferred embodiment, the viscosity is in the range of from about 80,000 cps to about 300,000 cps. In a most preferred embodiment, the viscosity is in the range of from about 140,000 cps to about 280,000 cps at a shear rate of 0.1/second at 25° C. The compositions advantageously suspend the triamcinolone particles for prolonged periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Allergen, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott M. Whitcup, Michael R. Robinson, Robert T. Lyons, John T. Trogden
  • Patent number: 8999374
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a ?-1,4-mannobiose-containing composition which can inhibit colonization of salmonella in animal body and effectively excrete salmonella outside the body and the method for producing thereof, a feed additive containing the ?-1,4-mannobiose-containing composition, and a feed blended with the ?-1,4-mannobiose-containing composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimichi Morikoshi, Futoshi Yokomizo
  • Patent number: 8980306
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of enhancing milk production by a ruminant that includes providing a feed that contains sorbitol and at least one additional feed component, and orally feeding the feed to the ruminant, the ruminant ingesting about 100 grams, or less, of sorbitol per day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
    Inventor: Cindie M. Luhman