Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Probiotics-delivering hydrogel formulation for protecting probiotics in acidic environment and composition for delivering probiotics comprising same
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Application No.: US16622286Application Date: 2018-06-12
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Publication No.: US11554096B2Publication Date: 2023-01-17
- Inventor: Jin-Wook Yoo , Ji Hyun Kim
- Applicant: PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
- Applicant Address: KR Busan
- Assignee: PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: KR Busan
- Agency: Revolution IP, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2017-0074383 20170613,KR10-2018-0028686 20180312
- International Application: PCT/KR2018/006652 WO 20180612
- International Announcement: WO2018/230939 WO 20181220
- Main IPC: A61K9/06
- IPC: A61K9/06 ; A61K35/741 ; A23L33/135 ; A61K47/42 ; A61K47/38

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a hydrogel formulation for delivering probiotics including a hydrogel, probiotics and zwitterionic buffer as an active ingredient, a composition for delivering probiotics comprising the same and a method of preparing the same, which adjust and maintain the internal pH of the hydrogel even in the gastric juice environment, thereby increasing the survival rate of the probiotics in the gastric juice and improving the delivery rate to the large intestine, by further adding zwitterionic buffer capable of maintaining pH to the hydrogel encapsulated with probiotics.
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