IP Library Granted Patent US 11,951,139
Granted Patent B2
US 11,951,139 · App. 17/893,384 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

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 11,951,139
App. No.
17/893,384
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
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 (16)

1. 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 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 selectively reducing in the individual's gut microbiome bacteria selected from the group consisting of Actinomyces, Eggerthella , and Clostridium Cluster XIVa.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising, increasing levels of at least one of Roseburia and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in the individual's gut microbiome.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1 , 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.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1 , 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.

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

6. The method as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising administering rapamycin to the human being.

7. A method for reducing the likelihood of developing osteoporosis 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 ; administering fiber to the individual to maintain a therapeutically effective amount of the beneficial bacteria in the gut of the individual, and, 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; and increasing the levels of at least one of Roseburia and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in the individual's gut microbiome.

8. A method for reducing the likelihood of developing osteoporosis 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 ; administering fiber to the individual to maintain a therapeutically effective amount of the beneficial bacteria in the gut of the individual; and 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.

9. A method for reducing the likelihood of developing osteoporosis 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, 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.

10. A method for reducing the likelihood of developing osteoporosis 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 ; 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 one of tomatidine and rapamycin.

11. 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.

12. The method as set forth in claim 11 , further comprising, 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 , wherein said beneficial formulation comprises bacteria that 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.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the beneficial formulation is encapsulated.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising administering at least one of tomatidine and rapamycin to the human being.

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 Aug 23, 2022
From: KOVARIK, JOSEPH E.
To: SEED HEALTH, INC.
Reel/Frame 061301/0619 →
Continuity (29)
Continuation 17694775 · Mar 15, 2022
Continuation In Part 17023736 · Sep 17, 2020
Continuation In Part 17011175 · Sep 3, 2020
Continuation In Part 16917096 · Jun 30, 2020
Continuation In Part 16904056 · Jun 17, 2020
Continuation In Part 16782364 · Feb 5, 2020
Continuation In Part 16776861 · Jan 30, 2020
Continuation In Part 16722117 · Dec 20, 2019
Continuation In Part 16426346 · May 30, 2019
Continuation In Part 16423375 · May 28, 2019
Continuation In Part 16229252 · Dec 21, 2018
Continuation 16160336 · Oct 15, 2018
Continuation 16142171 · Sep 26, 2018
Continuation In Part 15983250 · May 18, 2018
Continuation 15639767 · Jun 30, 2017
Continuation In Part 15437976 · Feb 21, 2017
Continuation 15403823 · Jan 11, 2017
Continuation In Part 15395419 · Dec 30, 2016
Continuation In Part 15392173 · Dec 28, 2016
Continuation In Part 15384716 · Dec 20, 2016
Continuation In Part 15270034 · Sep 20, 2016
Continuation In Part 15228454 · Aug 4, 2016
Continuation In Part 14954074 · Nov 30, 2015
Continuation In Part 14954074 · Nov 30, 2015
Provisional Application 62296186 · Feb 17, 2016
Provisional Application 62275341 · Jan 6, 2016
Provisional Application 62274500 · Jan 4, 2016
Provisional Application 62387405 · Dec 24, 2015
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