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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2016
Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Robert Gallotto, Medway, MA (US);
Greta L. Loring, Wakefield, MA (US);
Kenneth Gary, Boxborough, MA (US);
Edward S. Park, Southborough, MA (US);
David J. Brown, Brookline, MA (US);
Willem Robert Klaas Schoevaart, Delft, NL;
Michiel Christian Alexander van Vliet, Delft, NL;
Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to an enteral feeding device for hydrolyzing triglycerides in a nutritional formula. The device may include a body housing a chamber, an inlet configured to fluidly couple with a source of nutritional formula, and an outlet configured to fluidly couple with an enteral feeding tube. The device may include a headspace and a plurality of particles contained within the chamber, wherein the lipase is covalently bonded to the plurality of particles. The device may include an inlet filter located between the inlet and the chamber, wherein the inlet filter contains a first plurality of openings, and an outlet filter located between the chamber and the outlet, wherein the outlet filter has a second plurality of openings smaller than the plurality of particles.