Patent ID: 11911516
Assignee: AUSTRIANOVA SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of supporting intestinal health of a subject having an unbalanced bacterial population in the intestine, comprising:
administering a composition comprising encapsulated living bacterial cells to said subject, wherein the encapsulated living bacterial cells are encapsulated in microcapsules having a porous capsule wall, wherein the porous capsule wall comprises a complex formed from sodium cellulose sulphate and poly[dimethyldiallyl-ammonium chloride],
wherein the microcapsules protect the living bacterial cells from being degraded by an acidic aqueous solution and the microcapsules release a majority of the living bacterial cells through pores in the capsule wall while passaging the intestine, and
wherein the subject has an unbalanced microbial population in the intestine.