Method and system for determining a nutritional diet for a canine or feline animal

• US 8,224,587 B1
• Filed: 03/12/2012
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hemopet
• Original Assignee: Hemopet
• Inventors: Dodds, W. Jean
• Primary Examiner(s): WHALEY, PABLO S
• Application Number:
  US13/417,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20120185175A1
• Time in Patent Office: 127 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 702/19
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 20/00 ICT specially adapted for functional genomics or proteomics, e.g. genotype-phenotype associations
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 20/20 Allele or variant detection, e.g. single nucleotide polymorphism [SNP] detection
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/00 ICT programming tools or database systems specially adapted for bioinformatics
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/30 Data warehousing; Computing architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/92 Computer assisted medical diagnostics
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/921 Diet management
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/923 by comparison of patient data to other data

Abstract

Determining a nutritional diet for a canine or feline companion animal comprises employing a computer; at least one electronic database coupled to the computer; and at least one software routine executing on the computer. First data comprises a relationship between expression data from the genomic map and a physiological condition of the animal, and second data comprises an effect of nutrition on the expression data from the genomic map. Based on said first and second data, a nutritional diet for the canine or feline companion animal is determined.

Claims

1. A method for determining a nutritional diet for a canine or feline companion animal comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving first data relating the expression of at least one gene from a genomic map of the animal to a physiological condition of the animal,

(b) receiving second data comprising an effect of nutrition on the expression of least one gene from the genomic map;

(c) determining a relationship between the first and second data using a suitably programmed computer, and

(d) determining a nutritional diet for the animal based on the relationship of said first and second data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising producing a nutritional diet product for the animal based on the nutritional diet.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the animal is characterized by a specific breed, chronological age, physiological age, activity level, state of health, or-disorder.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the physiological condition comprises gastrointestinal function, wherein said gastrointestinal function is assessed by at least one of serum chemistry, serum cobalamin, folate, or trypsin-like immunoreactivity (TLI).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the physiological function comprises immunological function, wherein said immunological function is assessed by at least one of serum electrophoresis, immunoglobulin levels, complement levels, urine electrophoresis, leukocyte markers, cytokines, monokines, or chemokine levels.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the second data comprises the effect of nutrition on the expression of genes from the genomic map.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising producing a nutritional diet product for the animal based on the nutritional diet.

8. A system for determining a nutritional diet for canine or feline animal comprising a computer, at least one database coupled to the computer, and at least one software routine executing on the computer which is programmed to perform steps of

(a) receiving first data relating the expression of at least one gene from a genomic map of the animal to a physiological condition of the animal;

(b) receiving second data comprising an effect of nutrition on the expression of least one gene from the genomic map;

(c) determining a relationship between the first and second data, and

(d) determining a nutritional diet for the animal based on the relationship of said first and second data.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising producing a nutritional diet product for the animal based on the nutritional diet.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the second data comprises the effect of nutrition on the expression of genes from the genomic map.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising producing a nutritional diet product for the animal based on the nutritional diet.