Lindsey R Brown

US Patent:

7645801, Jan 12, 2010

Filed:

May 16, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/749732

Inventors:

Bala Venkataraman - Alpharetta GA, US
Lindsey Brown - Atlanta GA, US
Daxa Patel - Marietta GA, US

Assignee:

Alaven Pharmaceutical LLC - Marietta GA

International Classification:

A01N 33/02
A01N 33/18

US Classification:

514646, 514741

Abstract:

The present invention comprises packaged enemas for the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), having substantially pure 5-ASA as the active ingredient, with a liquid carrier medium having a material avoidance of bowel irritant substances, such as anti-oxidants for the 5-ASA active ingredient, including such sulfites as potassium metabisulfite, for example, and contained within a sealed and substantially oxygen-free barrier package, which may preferably be formed of a foil/polymer laminate, and which package contains or otherwise includes an oxygen scavenger, such as a an oxygen scavenging sachet.

US Patent:

8217082, Jul 10, 2012

Filed:

Dec 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/635443

Inventors:

Bala Venkataraman - Alpharetta GA, US
Lindsey Brown - Atlanta GA, US
Daxa Patel - Marietta GA, US

Assignee:

Alaven Pharmaceutical, LLC - Marietta GA

International Classification:

A01N 33/02
A01N 33/18

US Classification:

514646, 514741

Abstract:

The present invention comprises packaged enemas for the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), having substantially pure 5-ASA as the active ingredient, with a liquid carrier medium having a material avoidance of bowel irritant substances, such as anti-oxidants for the 5-ASA active ingredient, including such sulfites as potassium metabisulfite, for example, and contained within a sealed and substantially oxygen-free barrier package, which may preferably be formed of a foil/polymer laminate, and which package contains or otherwise includes an oxygen scavenger, such as a an oxygen scavenging sachet.