BUFORD NICHOLS, MD
Medical Practice at Fannin St, Houston, TX

4419369, Dec 6, 1983

Sep 1, 1982

6/414085

Buford L. Nichols - Houston TX
William J. Klish - Rochester NY
Vivian E. Potts - Houston TX

Baylor College of Medicine - Houston TX

A23J 300, A23L 130

426 2

Disclosed is an improved dietary protein mineral module composed of a high quality protein, such as calcium-sodium caseinate, and electrolytes (minerals) combined in a fixed ratio so that when the protein concentration in water is 2. 2 g/100 cc (a normal concentration) the normal mineral requirements are met and in which the dietary acid content (chloride) is reduced to a maximum of 2. 0% dry weight and there is increased phosphorus content (a minimum of 1. 0% up to 4. 0% dry weight). The improved module has been quite successful in treating specific problems in infants who have not responded well to any of the existing commercial formulas. These include: acquired monosaccharide intolerance or intractable diarrhea of infancy; weaning from total parental nutrition; alteration of the renal solute load in infants with renal or congenital heart disease; and prevention of acidosis in infants thereby resulting in better growth.

4977137, Dec 11, 1990

Jun 3, 1987

7/057562

Buford L. Nichols - Houston TX
Kathryn S. McKee - Houston TX

Baylor College of Medicine - Houston TX

A61K 3714, A61K 3702, A23L 1305

514 6

Disclosed is milk lactoferrin as a dietary ingredient which promotes growth of the gastrointestinal tract of human infants and newborn nonhuman animals immediately on birth when added to an infant formula or given separately as a dietary supplement thus reducing chronic diarrhea, assisting in the management of short gut syndrome, and avoiding, at least to some extent, chronic intractable diarrhea of the infant.