Foods, systems, methods, and kits for providing electrolyte replacement

• US 9,693,972 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Issued: 07/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Colonaryconcepts Llc
• Original Assignee: Colonaryconcepts Llc
• Inventors: Allio, Michael, Gordon, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Katakam, Sudhakar
• Application Number:
  US14/699,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20150306046A1
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 13/40 containing additives tenderising meat by using additives A23L13/72
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 13/42 Additives other than enzymes or microorganisms in meat products or meat meals
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 13/432 Addition of inorganic compounds, e.g. minerals; oligo-elements
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 17/00 Food-from-the-sea products; Fish products; Fish meal; Fish-egg substitutes; Preparation or treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 29/288 Synthetic resins, e.g. polyvinylpyrrolidone
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/10 using additives addition of substantially indigestible substances A23L33/21
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/16 Inorganic salts, minerals or trace elements
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 7/126 Snacks or the like obtained by binding, shaping or compacting together cereal grains or cereal pieces, e.g. cereal bars
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 7/13 Snacks or the like obtained by oil frying of a formed cereal dough
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/3202 Prebiotics, ingredients fermented in the gastrointestinal tract by beneficial microflora
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/1578 Calcium
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/18 Lipids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2300/00 Mixtures or combinations of active ingredients, wherein at least one active ingredient is fully defined in groups A61K31/00 - A61K41/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/08 acyclic, e.g. paraformaldehyde
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/77 of oxiranes
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 33/00 Medicinal preparations containing inorganic active ingredients
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 33/14 Alkali metal chlorides; Alkaline earth metal chlorides
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 45/06 Mixtures of active ingredients without chemical characterisation, e.g. antiphlogistics and cardiaca
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 1/10 Laxatives
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 3/12 : for electrolyte homeostasis

Abstract

Described herein are methods, compositions, systems, and kits that effectively deliver a laxative to a patient along with effective electrolyte replenishment by delivering both a laxative and electrolytes via a food item. The food item is prepared by either combining, mixing, or integrating the ingredients that form the food item together with one of or both of a laxative and electrolytes so that the ingredients in the food item either eliminate or significantly reduce the poor taste associated with either the electrolytes or the laxative. Eliminating or reducing the poor taste associated with either electrolytes or laxative, greatly improves patient satisfaction and compliance with ingesting these substances in order to, for example, prepare the GI tract of the patient for a medical or surgical procedure.

Claims

1. A method for providing electrolytes lost by a subject due to ingesting a laxative, wherein the laxative is ingested in order to prepare an intestine of said subject for a medical or surgical procedure selected from the group consisting of colonoscopy, intestinal surgery, virtual colography, fiberoptic endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, wireless capsule endoscopy, and barium studies, said method comprising:

melting a binder;

mixing one or more food ingredients together with a laxative at 80 degrees Fahrenheit or less, and further mixing the one or more food ingredients and the laxative together with the binder that is melted thus creating a semi-solid mixture;

forming a solid food item from the semi-solid mixture at 80 degrees Fahrenheit or less;

providing to said subject, during a 36 hour period before the medical or surgical procedure, the solid food item and a beverage comprising 200-1500 milligrams of sodium and 20-200 milligrams of potassium in order to prepare the intestine of said subject for the medical or surgical procedure.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said laxative comprises a PEG containing compound, and wherein said PEG comprises PEG 3350.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said PEG 3350 comprises at least 50% by weight of said solid food item.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein forming the solid food item comprises extruding the semi-solid mixture to form a solid food item sheet.

5. The method of claim 4, comprising cutting the solid food item sheet using a die.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the solid food item comprises 50% by weight of laxative.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the laxative comprise polyethylene glycol.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the laxative is sufficient to generate a bowel movement in the subject.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the solid food item is a bar.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical or surgical procedure comprises a colonoscopy.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the binder comprises cocoa butter.