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US 2019/0053987 A1Published application
Devices and methods for the supplementation of a nutritional formula
AssigneeAlcresta Therapeutics, Inc.
InventorsEric First, David Widom
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of the disclosure may be drawn to a device having a vessel configured to contain a source of lipids and a chamber fluidly connected to an outlet of the vessel. The chamber may contain immobilized lipase positioned within a flow path in the chamber along which the lipids flow when released from the vessel into the chamber. The device may also include an outlet through which the lipids flow after passing through the chamber.
Claims23
A device comprising:
- a vessel configured to contain a source of lipids;
- a chamber fluidly connected to an outlet of the vessel;
- immobilized lipase contained within the chamber and positioned within a flow path in the chamber along which the lipids flow when released from the vessel into the chamber;
- and
- an outlet through which the lipids flow after passing through the chamber.
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A device comprising:
- a vessel;
- a source of lipids contained within the vessel;
- a chamber coupled to an opening in the vessel;
- an output assembly coupled to the chamber;
- a flow path extending from the opening in the vessel, through the chamber, and through the output assembly along which the lipids flow through the device when released from the vessel;
- and
- immobilized lipase contained within the chamber and located within the flow path, wherein the lipase is configured to hydrolyze the lipids as the lipids flow through the chamber.
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A method of supplementing a nutritional formula with hydrolyzed lipids, the method comprising:
- passing a source of lipids stored in a device through a chamber of the device that contains immobilized lipase in order to hydrolyze the lipids by exposing the lipids to the lipase in the chamber;
- outputting the hydrolyzed lipids from the chamber of the device;
- and
- adding the hydrolyzed lipids to the nutritional formula.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.