IP Library Granted Patent US 11,419,903
Granted Patent B2
US 11,419,903 · App. 17/023,736 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Method and system for reducing the likelihood of osteoporosis

Inventor: Joseph E. Kovarik (Englewood, CO)
Assignee: SEED HEALTH, INC.
A61K35/74A61K31/58A61K31/715A61K38/1709A61K38/1758A61K2035/11
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Patent No.
US 11,419,903
App. No.
17/023,736
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to the field of treating and preventing osteoporosis, with particular embodiments directed to a method of ameliorating, treating, or preventing osteoporosis in a human subject employing tomatidine, xylitol, rapamycin, etc., as well as modifying an individual's microbiome to reduce the likelihood of osteoporosis.

Claims (19)

1. A method for reducing the likelihood of osteoporosis in an individual human being, said method comprising: substantially reducing the human being's resident populations of gut microbes prior to administering a therapeutically effective amount of a bacterial formulation comprising Coprococcus ; and providing fructan fiber inulin in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH in the colon of the human being to achieve acidifying of the colon, wherein the bacteria formulation includes bacteria that have been modified to increase the level of butyrate in the human being's gut by the bacterial formulation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the beneficial formulation is encapsulated.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Coprococcus bacteria employed are first isolated from a human being's stool and where the Coprococcus bacteria are from the human being treated.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising administering tomatidine to the human being.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bacterial formulation comprises bacteria modified via a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) CRISPR associated protein (Cas) system or a CRISPR from Prevotella and Francisella 1(Cpf1) system.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising reducing bacteria in the gut of the human being, wherein the bacteria reduced are selected from the group consisting of Pediococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus , and Leuconostoc bacteria.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the step of reducing the number of bacteria comprises administering an antibiotic.

8. The method as set forth in claim 6 , further comprising reducing the number of bacteria in the human being's gut using a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) CRISPR associated protein (Cas) system or a CRISPR from Prevotella and Francisella 1(Cpf1) system.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bacterial formulation further comprises a bacterium selected from the group consisting of Chlamydia, Shigella flexneri, Mycoplasma bacteria, Lactobacillus casei, Roseburia, Bifidobacterium , and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising increasing the levels of bacterial genera selected from the group consisting of Bifidobacterium, Lachnospira, Roseburia, Lactobacillus and Shigella.

11. A method for reducing the likelihood of developing osteoporesis in an individual, comprising: providing in the gut of an individual bacteria from a population of beneficial bacteria selected from the group consisting of Coprococcus, Roseburia, Bifidobacterium , and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii ; and administering fiber to the individual to maintain a therapeutically effective amount of the beneficial bacteria in the gut of the individual; and administering to the individual at least 10 micro-mole of tomatidine.

12. The method as set forth in claim 11 , further comprising, providing in the gut of the individual bacteria selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus species; administering at least 6 grams per day of fiber to the individual to maintain a therapeutically effective amount of the beneficial bacteria in the gut of the individual human being; and increasing the levels of at least one of Roseburia and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in the individual's gut microbiome.

13. The method as set forth in claim 11 , further comprising reducing the number of bacteria in the human being using a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) CRISPR associated protein (Cas) system or a CRISPR from Prevotella and Francisella 1(Cpf1) system.

14. The method as set forth in claim 11 , further comprising increasing the levels of bacteria in the individual selected from the group consisting of Bifidobacterium, Prevotella, Lachnospira , and Shigella.

15. The method as set forth in claim 11 , wherein said beneficial bacteria have been modified by using a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) CRISPR associated protein (Cas) system or a CRISPR from Prevotella and Francisella 1(Cpf1) system.

16. A method for reducing the likelihood of developing osteoporosis in an individual human being, comprising: providing in the gut of an individual a population of beneficial bacteria selected from the group consisting of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and/or Akkermansia muciniphila ; administering at least 6 grams per day of fiber to the individual to maintain a therapeutically effective amount of the beneficial bacteria in the gut of the individual human being; and administering tomatidine to the individual human being.

17. The method as set forth in claim 16 , further comprising administering to the individual human being a bacteria selected from the group consisting of Streptococcus, Actinomyces, Veillonella, Fusobacterium, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Treponema, Neisseria Haemophilus, Lactobacillus, Capnocytophaga, Eikenella, Leptotrichia, Peptostreptococcus, Propionibacterium, Chlamydia, Shigella flexneri, Mycoplasma bacteria, H. pylori , and Streptomyces hygroscopicus and selectively reducing in the individual's gut microbiome bacteria selected from the group consisting of Actinomyces , Eggerthella, and Clostridium Cluster XIVa.

18. The method as set forth in claim 16 , further comprising administering at least 0.1 mg of rapamycin.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein said administering of tomatidine step comprises providing the individual with a bioadhesive strip having a first and second side, the second side having a bioadhesive that is adapted to bind to a mucosal membrane for at least 1 hour while inside a person's mouth, said strip including at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of pullulan, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, sodium alginate, polyethylene glycol, tragacanth gum, guar gum, acacia gum, arabic gum, carboxyvinyl polymer, amylose, high amylose starch, hydroxypropylated high amylose starch, dextrin, chitin, chitosan, levan, elsinan, collagen, zein, gluten, soy protein isolate, whey protein isolate, casein and mixtures thereof; wherein said strip includes tomatidine.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2026
From: SEED HEALTH, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS LENDER
Reel/Frame 076028/0339 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2022
From: KOVARIK, JOE
To: SEED HEALTH, INC.
Reel/Frame 059690/0210 →
Continuity (35)
Continuation In Part 17011175 · Sep 3, 2020
Continuation In Part 16722117 · Dec 20, 2019
Continuation In Part 16229252 · Dec 21, 2018
Continuation In Part 15392173 · Dec 28, 2016
Continuation In Part 17023736
Continuation In Part 16917096 · Jun 30, 2020
Continuation In Part 16782364 · Feb 5, 2020
Continuation In Part 16423375 · May 28, 2019
Continuation 16160336 · Oct 15, 2018
Continuation 15403823 · Jan 11, 2017
Continuation 17023736
Continuation In Part 15270034 · Sep 20, 2016
Continuation In Part 14954074 · Nov 30, 2015
Continuation In Part 17023736
Continuation In Part 16426346 · May 30, 2019
Continuation 15639767 · Jun 30, 2017
Continuation In Part 15437976 · Feb 21, 2017
Continuation In Part 15228454 · Aug 4, 2016
Continuation In Part 14954074 · Nov 30, 2015
Continuation In Part 17023736
Continuation In Part 16776861 · Jan 30, 2020
Continuation 16142171 · Sep 26, 2018
Continuation In Part 15395419 · Dec 30, 2016
Continuation In Part 17023736
Continuation In Part 16904056 · Jun 17, 2020
Continuation In Part 15983250 · May 18, 2018
Continuation In Part 15384716 · Dec 20, 2016
Continuation In Part 17023736
Continuation In Part 15270034 · Sep 20, 2016
Continuation In Part 14954074 · Nov 30, 2015
Provisional Application 62275341 · Jan 6, 2016
Provisional Application 62296186 · Feb 17, 2016
Provisional Application 62274550 · Jan 4, 2016
Provisional Application 62387405 · Dec 24, 2015
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