Bacteriotherapy for clostridium difficile colitis
AssigneeRebiotix, Inc.
InventorEdwin J. HLAVKA
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Abstract
This document discusses, among other things, receiving a plurality of donor fecal samples from a plurality of donors and storing and indexing each respective donor fecal samples using at least one characteristic of the respective donor fecal sample. In an example, the donor fecal sample can be screened and processed for subsequent use in fecal bacteriotherapy to displace pathogenic or undesired organisms in the digestive track of a patient with healthy or desirable gut microbiota.
Claims25
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A method of preparing a fecal microbiota composition, comprising:
- receiving at a central processing facility a fecal sample obtained from a human donor;
- screening the fecal sample for pathogens;
- processing the fecal sample at the central processing facility to obtain a fecal microbiota composition comprising a homogenized and filtered fecal sample comprising fecal microbiota and a cryoprotectant;
- and
- filling the fecal microbiota composition into a container.
A method of preparing a plurality of fecal microbiota compositions, comprising:
- (a) receiving at a central processing facility a fecal sample obtained from a human donor;
- (b) screening the fecal sample for pathogens;
- (c) processing the fecal sample at the central processing facility to obtain a fecal microbiota composition comprising a homogenized and filtered fecal sample comprising fecal microbiota and a cryoprotectant;
- (d) filling the fecal microbiota composition into a container;
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- (e) repeating steps (a)-(d) to obtain a plurality of fecal microbiota compositions in separate containers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.