Nutritional supplement

• US 9,533,021 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2013
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sustain Biologics, LLC
• Original Assignee: Sustain Biologics, LLC
• Inventors: Albritton, Ford D. IV
• Primary Examiner(s): Arnold, Ernst V
• Application Number:
  US14/030,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20150079060A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,203 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/10 using additives addition of substantially indigestible substances A23L33/21
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/105 Plant extracts, their artificial duplicates or their derivatives
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/12 Fatty acids or derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/15 Vitamins
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/175 Amino acids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/05 Phenols cannabinoids A61K31/658
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/122 having the oxygen directly attached to a ring, e.g. quinones, vitamin K1, anthralin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/198 Alpha-amino acids, e.g. alanine or edetic acid [EDTA] betaine A61K31/205; proline A61K31/401; tryptophan A61K31/405; histidine A61K31/4172; peptides not degraded to individual amino acids A61K38/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/225 Polycarboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/353 3,4-Dihydrobenzopyrans, e.g. chroman, catechin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/385 having two or more sulfur atoms in the same ring
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/51 Thiamines, e.g. vitamin B1
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/519 ortho- or peri-condensed with heterocyclic rings
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/675 having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. pyridoxal phosphate
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/7048 having oxygen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. leucoglucosan, hesperidin, erythromycin, nystatin , digitoxin or digoxin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/714 Cobalamins, e.g. cyanocobalamin, i.e. vitamin B12
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 33/00 Medicinal preparations containing inorganic active ingredients
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 33/08 Oxides; Hydroxides
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/82 Theaceae (Tea family), e.g. camellia
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/9068 Zingiber, e.g. garden ginger
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 27/16 : Otologicals

Abstract

A nutritional supplement for inhibiting sensorineural hearing loss includes from about 0.25 to about 6.0 wt. % thiamin, from about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % pyridoxiyl-5-phosphate, from about 0.01 to about 10 wt. % folic acid, from about 0.025 to about 4.0 wt. % hydroxycobalamin, from about 1 to about 7 wt. % magnesium, from about 0.25 to about 6.0 wt. % zinc, from about 0.001 to about 0.02 wt. % selenium, from about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % manganese, from about 5 to about 50 wt. % ginger root P.E. 4:1, from about 5 to about 40 wt. % citrus bioflavonoids, from about 2.5 to about 40 wt. % 1-cystine, from about 5 to about 40 wt. % n-acetlyl-1-carnitine, from about 1 to about 40 wt. % alpha lipoic acid, from about 1 to about 40 wt. % coenzyme Q10, from about 1 to about 40 wt. % green tea extract, and from about 1 to about 60 wt. % resveratrol.

Claims

1. An ingestible solid nutritional supplement comprising:

2. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 wherein the citrus bioflavonoids comprise about 20 wt. % hesperidin.

3. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 wherein the EGCG is provided in the form of green tea extract comprising 90 wt. % catechins and wherein the catechins comprise about 50 wt. % EGCG.

4. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 further comprising from about 0.1-10 wt. % folic acid.

5. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 wherein the magnesium is present as magnesium oxide and the zinc is present as zinc citrate.

6. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 wherein the selenium is present as selenium amino acid chelate and the manganese is present as manganese amino acid chelate.