Probiotic/prebiotic composition and delivery method
AssigneeCorpak MedSystems, Inc.
InventorWoodrow C. Monte
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Abstract
A prebiotic, composition comprising a probiotic and prebiotic, and method of delivering a probiotic, prebiotic or composition directly into the intestinal tract of a mammal are disclosed. The probiotic is any beneficial bacteria and the prebiotic is a substance beneficial to a probiotic. Most preferably, the prebiotic includes a mucopolysaccharide. The method preferably involves delivering the probiotic, prebiotic or composition via a delivery tube, such as an enteral feeding tube, directly to a position downstream of the stomach, most preferably to the jejunum.
Claims59
A composition comprising a probiotic and a prebiotic.
A method of introducing into the intestinal tract of a human, downstream of the stomach, a beneficial substance, by utilizing a delivery tube having a first end upstream of the stomach and a second end in the gastrointestinal tract downstream of the stomach, the method comprising:
- (a) introducing the beneficial substance into the first end of the delivery tube;
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- (b) allowing the beneficial substance to exit the second end of the delivery tube where it enters the intestinal tract downstream of the stomach.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.