US 2026/0007579 A1 · METHODS AND DEVICES FOR HYDROLYZING FATS

Abstract

A method of preparing a nutritional composition, the method comprising connecting a first end of a hydrolysis device to a syringe and connecting a second end of the hydrolysis device to an enteral straw, wherein the hydrolysis device comprises lipase; drawing a nutritional composition into the syringe via the enteral straw, wherein the nutritional composition runs through the hydrolysis device in a first direction and the nutritional composition includes triglycerides; replacing the enteral straw with a feeding tube; and expelling the nutritional composition from the syringe through the feeding tube, wherein the nutritional composition runs through the hydrolysis device in a second direction, resulting in a hydrolyzed nutritional composition.

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Dependent claims

A method of preparing a nutritional composition, the method comprising:

connecting a first end of a hydrolysis device to a syringe, wherein the hydrolysis device contains lipase within a chamber of the hydrolysis device;
drawing a nutritional composition into a second end of the hydrolysis device so that the nutritional composition flows through the hydrolysis device in a first direction and into the syringe, wherein the nutritional composition includes triglycerides;
and
expelling the nutritional composition from the syringe, so that the nutritional composition flows through the hydrolysis device in a second direction, opposite the first direction, wherein the drawing and the expelling steps result in a hydrolyzed nutritional composition in which at least some of the triglycerides are hydrolyzed into free fatty acids and monoglycerides.

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A method of preparing a nutritional composition, the method comprising:

connecting a first end of a hydrolysis device to a syringe, wherein the hydrolysis device contains immobilized lipase within a chamber of the device;
pulling back a plunger of the syringe to draw a nutritional composition through the hydrolysis device a first time and into the syringe, wherein the nutritional composition comprises triglycerides, and wherein at least some of the triglycerides in the nutritional composition are hydrolyzed when exposed to the immobilized lipase within the hydrolysis device the first time;
pushing the plunger of the syringe to expel the nutritional composition out of the syringe and through the hydrolysis device a second time, wherein at least some of the triglycerides in the nutritional composition are hydrolyzed when exposed to the immobilized lipase within the hydrolysis device the second time.

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Methods and devices for hydrolyzing fats

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Methods and devices for hydrolyzing fats

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Abstract

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