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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mary F Henningfield, Columbus, OH (US);
John W McEwen, Hilliard, OH (US);
Robert H Miller, Worthington, OH (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 23 ; 424439 ; 424442 ; 426601 ; 426606 ; 426607 ; 426656 ; 426658 ; 426800 ; 426801 ; 426810 ; 514-2 ; 514878 ; 514909 ; 514911 ; 514921 ;
Abstract
A liquid nutritional product for trauma and surgery patients has a caloric density of about 1.2 to 1.5 Kcal/mL and a calorie to nitrogen ratio of about 112:1 to 145:1. A portion of the protein system comprises partially digested protein, and supplemental L-arginine provides about 1-3% of the total calories in the product. The lipid system has a ratio of linoleic acid to alpha linoleic acid in the range of about 3.5:1 to about 5.5:1.