985 results about "Digestive enzyme" patented technology

Method and apparatus for limiting absorption of food products in specific parts of the digestive system is presented. A gastrointestinal implant device is anchored in the stomach and extends beyond the ligament of Treitz. All food exiting the stomach is funneled through the device. The gastrointestinal device includes an anchor for anchoring the device to the stomach and a flexible sleeve. When implanted within the intestine, the sleeve can limit the absorption of nutrients, delay the mixing of chyme with digestive enzymes, altering hormonal triggers, providing negative feedback, and combinations thereof. The anchor is collapsible for endoscopic delivery and removal.

An endoscopic device separates ingested food from gastric fluids or gastric fluids and digestive enzymes, to treat obesity. In a particular embodiment a gastric bypass stent comprises a tubular member and two or more stent members defining a lumen. The tubular member has a substantially liquid impervious coating or covering and one or more lateral openings to permit one-way liquid flow.

A method for treating a Parkinson's patient with digestive/pancreatic enzymes involves administering an effective amount of digestive/pancreatic enzymes to an individual having the disorder in order to improve a symptom of the disorder. In addition, a method is provided for determining whether an individual has, or may develop, Parkinson's disease or related dysautonomic disorders and for determining whether an individual will benefit from the administration of pancreatic/digestive enzymes to treat the dysautonomic disorder.

Novel multichannel ionosonic devices with microneedle arrays incorporated into the devices for transdermal and intradermal delivery are described. In an embodiment, the ionosonic device includes a multichannel ionophoretic driver used in combination with a multichannel dispersion electrode integrated with ultrasonic elements and microneedle array elements mounted on a single application electrode. The ionosonic-microneedle transdermal device can be configured in a variety of shapes and structural flexibility for the treatment of skin and systemic disorders through the intradermal and transdermal delivery of one or more of a variety of therapeutic and modulating agents. Because of enhanced transdermal penetration this device offers the transdermal delivery of therapeutic peptides is getting closer to reality. The devices described herein deliver the therapeutic agents to the targeted diseased area as well as systemic levels obviating the need for oral ingestion, the associated side effects and as in the case of peptides bypasses the hydrolyzing digestive enzymes that make such agents ineffective when taken by mouth.

Compositions of the present invention, comprising at least one digestive enzyme (e.g., pancrelipase) are useful for treating or preventing disorders associated with digestive enzyme deficiencies. The compositions of the present invention can comprise a plurality of coated particles, each of which is comprised of a core coated with an enteric coating comprising at least one enteric polymer and 4-10% of at least one alkalinizing agent, or have moisture contents of about 3% or less, water activities of about 0.6 or less, or exhibit a loss of activity of no more than about 15% after six months of accelerated stability testing.

An orally administered composition for improving food absorption and digestion contains therapeutically effective dosages of digestive enzymes and L-glutamine as active ingredients. The digestive enzymes include at least one each of a lipase, a protease, and an amylase, and at least a portion of each of these enzymes is enteric coated.

A method of utilizing the chymotrypsin level of an individual as a measure of the success of secretin, other neuropeptides, and peptides or digestive enzyme administration to such individuals, and in particular, as a prognosticative of potential secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, and digestive enzyme administration for persons having ADHD, Autism and other PDD related disorders. In one aspect, a method for determining the efficacy of secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzymes for the treatment of an individual diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) comprises obtaining a sample of feces from an individual, determining a quantitative level of chymotrypsin present in the sample, and correlating the quantitative level of chymotrypsin determined to be present in the sample with the PDD to determine the efficacy of treating the individual with secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzyme administration. In another aspect, a therapeutic method for treating an individual diagnosed with i PDD pervasive developmental disorder comprises determining the efficacy of secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, and digestive enzyme administration for the treatment of the individual based on a measure of the individual's chymotrypsin level, and administering secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzymes to the individual based on the determination of the measure of the individual's chymotrypsin level.

A method of utilizing the chymotrypsin level of an individual as a measure of the success of secretin, other neuropeptides, and peptides or digestive enzyme administration to such individuals, and in particular, as a prognosticative of potential secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, and digestive enzyme administration for persons having ADHD, Autism and other PDD related disorders. In one aspect, a method for determining the efficacy of secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzymes for the treatment of an individual diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) comprises obtaining a sample of feces from an individual, determining a quantitative level of chymotrypsin present in the sample, and correlating the quantitative level of chymotrypsin determined to be present in the sample with the PDD to determine the efficacy of treating the individual with secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzyme administration. In another aspect, a therapeutic method for treating an individual diagnosed with i PDD pervasive developmental disorder comprises determining the efficacy of secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, and digestive enzyme administration for the treatment of the individual based on a measure of the individual's chymotrypsin level, and administering secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzymes to the individual based on the determination of the measure of the individual's chymotrypsin level.

A method of utilizing the chymotrypsin level of an individual as a measure of the success of secretin, other neuropeptides, and peptides or digestive enzyme administration to such individuals, and in particular, as a prognosticative of potential secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, and digestive enzyme administration for persons having ADD, ADHD, Autism and other PDD related disorders. In one aspect, a method for determining the efficacy of secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzymes for the treatment of an individual diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) comprises obtaining a sample of feces from an individual, determining a quantitative level of chymotrypsin present in the sample, and correlating the quantitative level of chymotrypsin determined to be present in the sample with the PDD to determine the efficacy of treating the individual with secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzyme administration. In another aspect, a therapeutic method for treating an individual diagnosed with a PDD pervasive developmental disorder comprises determining the efficacy of secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, and digestive enzyme administration for the treatment of the individual based on a measure of the individual's chymotrypsin level, and administering secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzymes to the individual based on the determination of the measure of the individual's chymotrypsin level.

There is provided an orally-administrable formulation for the controlled release or stable storage of a granulated isoflavone-enriched fraction or mixture of such fractions, comprising at least one granulated isoflavone-enriched fraction and at least one carrier, diluent or excipient therefor. Preferably, the formulation is characterized in that the total in vitro dissolution time of said formulation required for release of 75% of the active ingredients available from the formulation is between about 4 and about 18 hours, as determined by the U.S.P. XXIII paddle method at a paddle speed of 75 rpm, using simulated intestinal fluid without the digestive enzymes normally found in intestinal fluid, at pH 6.8, and a temperature of 37° C. A process for the preparation of such a formulation is also provided.

The invention relates to a sucking pig compound feed and a preparation method thereof. The feed comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 30-90 parts of vegetable feed raw material, 25-80 parts of vegetable puffed feed, 5-25 parts of fermentation bean pulp, 2-10 parts of fish meal, 6-30 parts of dairy product, 1-4 parts of oil, 0.2-3 parts of amino acid, 0.01-0.05 part of liquid additive and 1-3 parts of solid additive. The preparation method of the feed provided by the invention can ensure the best use of the nutrient components of different materials, can overcome the instability of enzyme agents and microbial ecological agents caused by heating, and can effectively eliminate the indigestion caused by hyposecretion of digestive enzymes before and after the weaning of thesucking pig and improve the intestinal canal health as well as the pig immunity. Through the sucking pig compound feed provided by the invention, the problem of weaning stress of the sucking pig is solved; and compared with the common piglet feed, the morbidity is greatly reduced, the feed intake and daily gain are increased, and the material-meat ratio, morbidity and mortality are reduced.

The invention provides methods and devices for the delivery of therapeutic or biologically active agents to tissue, for example by facilitating the transport of said agents through the skin of a human or animal. Therapeutic agents include various botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) and other biologically active agents, which can be delivered across the skin and into the dermis using multiple strategies including microneedle drug delivery, transport moieties, or penetration enhancers such as extracellular matrix-digestive enzymes.

The invention provides a lactobacillus helveticus microcapsule as well as the preparation and application thereof, pertaining to the embedding technology of lactobacillus helveticus and aiming at microencapsulating the lactobacillus helveticus so as to solve the problems of low embedding efficiency and embedding yield in single-layer or double-layer embedment. The technical proposal adopted by the invention is that isolated soy protein, microporous starch and sodium alginate are respectively taken as the first, the second and the third layers of wall materials for microencapsulation; the three-layer embedment is carried out to the lactobacillus helveticus for the first time, wherein, in the process of preparing bacterial suspension, an orthogonal optimization protective agent is adopted to improve the livability after freeze drying. The microcapsule of the invention has strong heat resistance and acid resistance, solves the inactivation problem caused by gastric acid, digestive enzyme and antibiotic, etc. to active bacillus, is capable of releasing when reaching large intestine, and balances intestinal flora. The reusability of fermented milk is good. The lactobacillus helveticus used by the invention enriches the variety of probiotic bacteria microcapsule and is a good dietary supplement.

The invention relates to a method for separating mesenchymal stem cells from placenta. The method comprises the following steps: (a) taking placental cotyledon, and fully washing by using a phosphate buffer solution (PBS) to remove residual blood from the placenta; (b) cutting the placental cotyledon into blocks, adding a PBS containing tissue digestive enzyme, and incubating and digesting at 37DEG C; (c) filtering the tissue blocks by using a copper net, and grinding if necessary to promote filtration; (d) centrifuging the collected filtrate, separating mononuclear cells, suspending the obtained cells by using a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) culture medium, and culturing in a 5 percent CO2 incubator at 37DEG C; and (e) after the dispersed cells form clones, selecting the clone cells, respectively culturing by using an MSC culture medium, and after the cells are fused, performing digestion and passage by using pancreatin to obtain the mesenchymal stem cells of the placenta. By the method, high purity mesenchymal stem cells of the placenta can be obtained.

The invention relates to an early weaning meat sheep fattening compound biological feed additive, which belongs to the technical field of animals feeding by feed. The feed additive comprises prebiotics consisting of candida utilis, bacillus subtilis and a lactobacillus plantarum microbial agent, non-starch polysaccharide enzyme containing cellulase, xylanase, beta-dextranase, beta-mannase and pectinase and a yeast culture formed by using saccharomyces cerevisiae to completely ferment bean pulp. The additive is specially used for fattening period ration of the early weaning(the weaning lunar age is less than or equal to 2 ages of the moon) meat sheep, and the adding percentage for the full-mixing ration of the fast-fattening meat sheep in 3 to 5 ages of the moon is 1 percent. The additive can provide functional nutrients such as digestive enzyme, B group vitamins and growth promoting factors, and the like which are inadequately produced and insufficient for the early weaning baby sheep and simultaneously contains probiotics for adjusting the micro-ecological environment in intestinal canals, thereby improving the immunity and the healthy level of the baby meat sheep; and after weaning, the daily gaining in weight is more than 10 percent in the prior period and later period of fattening, and the economic benefits are obviously improved.