Mixture of vitamins, minerals; for physiologically stressful states as pregnancy, lactation, nutritional deficiencies; nutraceuticals
Inventors
Giordano, John A. • Balzer, Charles J.
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-8197855-B2
Publication Date
2012-06-12
Expiration Date
Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions that may be swallowable, chewable or dissolvable, comprising various vitamins and minerals, and in a specific embodiment comprising vitamin A, beta carotene, B-complex vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin D3, vitamin E, iron, magnesium and zinc, and methods for using these compositions for nutritional supplementation in subjects undergoing physiologically stressful events, such as, for example and without limitation, pregnancy, lactation or any disease state.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to swallowable and chewable vitamin-mineral nutraceutical compositions for supplementing nutritional deficiencies in a patient or person in need thereof. The compositions consist of vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B9, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin D3, vitamin E, iron, magnesium, zinc, and one or more inactive ingredients, where the composition is both swallowable and chewable.
The compositions address supplementing nutritional deficiencies in a patient or person in need thereof, including supplementation in physiologically stressful states, notably pregnancy and lactation and also disease states. The compositions provide vitamin and mineral supplementation intended to improve physiologically relevant vitamin/mineral status in such states.
The compositions use specific vitamin and mineral components and forms, including inactive ingredients and formulation excipients such as pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, sweetening agents, flavorants, and disintegrants. A chewable polymeric film coating and swallowable, chewable, and dissolvable forms are described, along with examples including vitamin A acetate, folic acid, cyanocobalamin, ascorbic acid, cholecalciferol, d-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, iron polysaccharide complex, magnesium oxide, and zinc oxide.
Claims Coverage
The document provided contains one independent claim. The claim covers a chewable-and-swallowable nutritional supplement composition with a specified set of vitamins and minerals and inactive ingredients, defining an additive structure that can be refined by dependent claims into particular nutrient chemical forms and inactive ingredient selections.
Swallowable and chewable vitamin-mineral deficiency supplement composition
A composition for supplementing nutritional deficiencies in a patient or person in need thereof, consisting of vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B9, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin D3, vitamin E, iron, magnesium, zinc and one or more inactive ingredients, wherein said composition is both swallowable and chewable.
Specified vitamin and mineral component set
The composition includes vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B9, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin D3, vitamin E, iron, magnesium, and zinc as the nutritional deficiency supplementation ingredients.
Inactive ingredients included as formulation components
The composition includes one or more inactive ingredients in addition to the listed vitamins and minerals.
Chewable and swallowable administration format
The composition is defined to be both swallowable and chewable.
Across the provided claim set, the core inventive coverage is a swallowable-and-chewable composition for supplementing nutritional deficiencies that contains a specified set of vitamins and minerals, together with one or more inactive ingredients, with further dependent refinement toward specific nutrient chemical forms and selected inactive ingredient categories.
Stated Advantages
Statistically significant improvements in measured vitamin/mineral levels versus placebo in pregnant/lactating subjects, as described in the provided summary content.
Documented Applications
Prophylactic and therapeutic supplementation in physiologically stressful states, notably pregnancy and lactation, and also in disease states, as described in the provided summary content.
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