{
  "patent_number": "US 9925149",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How to Build Tiny Lipid Carriers for Delivering Nutrients",
  "original_title": "Nanoparticle compositions and methods as carriers of nutraceutical factors across cell membranes and biological barriers",
  "summary": "A method for creating tiny, 20-60 nanometer lipid-based particles designed to carry vitamins and nutrients into the human body more effectively.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a specific manufacturing process to create lipid structural nanoparticles, which act as tiny delivery vehicles. The method requires combining essential phospholipids and fatty acids using at least three distinct production techniques, such as high-pressure homogenization and ultrasonication. By using these specific combinations, the process creates particles between 20 and 60 nanometers in size. These particles are then loaded with nutraceuticals or vitamins to help them cross biological barriers in mammals.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover delivery systems larger than 60 nanometers.",
    "Does not cover methods using fewer than three of the listed production techniques.",
    "Does not cover the chemical composition of the nutraceuticals themselves, only the carrier system.",
    "Does not cover non-lipid based nanoparticle delivery vehicles."
  ],
  "filed": "2014-10-14",
  "granted": "2018-03-27",
  "expires": "2034-10-14",
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Nanosphere Health Sciences",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/nanosphere-health-sciences",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Richard Clark Kaufman",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/richard-clark-kaufman"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 10,
  "tags": [
    "biotech",
    "pharmaceutical"
  ],
  "abstract": "Novel process and products thereby emplace nutraceutical factors within nanodelivery vehicles for various indications in mammals, including humans.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9925149/nanoparticle-compositions-and-methods-as-carriers-of-nutraceutical-factors-acros",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9925149/nanoparticle-compositions-and-methods-as-carriers-of-nutraceutical-factors-acros/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US9925149",
  "relatedPatents": []
}