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US 2011/0223104 A1Published application
Fluid bed meal containing a marker and methods of making
AssigneeAdvanced Breath Diagnostics, LLC
InventorsKerry C. Bush, Stanley J. Konopka, Ronald W. Sanda
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Abstract
A standardized, edible food containing a label for use in the measurement of gastric emptying by the quantification of marker excreted in the breath of the patient and methods of making the same using fluid bed granulation processing.
Claims45
A method of producing a fluid bed standardized meal comprising:
- providing an edible food;
- providing a label;
- fluidizing the food and the label;
- and
- agglomerating the fluidized food and label.
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A method of producing a fluid bed standardized meal comprising:
- providing a dry component;
- providing a wet component in a solution or a suspension;
- providing a fluid bed processor;
- fluidizing the dry component in the fluid bed processor;
- atomizing the wet component in the fluid bed processor;
- and
- agglomerating the fluidized dry component and atomized wet component,
- wherein the fluidized dry component is either an edible food or a label and the atomized wet component is the other of the edible food or label.
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A method of assessing gastric emptying in a patient comprising:
- providing a standardized test meal produced by the method comprising:
- providing dry whole eggs;
- providing dry 13C labeled Spirulina platensis biomass;
- providing a fluid bed processor;
- fluidizing the eggs and the labeled biomass in the fluid bed processor;
- agglomerating the fluidized eggs and labeled biomass;
- and
- drying the agglomerated eggs and labeled biomass;
- reconstituting the standardized test meal;
- providing the reconstituted standardized test meal to a patient for consumption;
- and measuring the patient's 13CO2 production.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.