	US 11,925,660 B2
	Treatment for obesity with superabsorbent materials
Lijun Sun, La Canada Flintridge, CA (US)
Filed by SIMEON INVESTMENT, INC., Arcadia, CA (US)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/327,020.
Application 17/327,020 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/807,004, filed on Mar. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,045,786.
Application 16/807,004 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/046077, filed on Aug. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/717,644, filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0275571 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61K 31/736 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/718 (2006.01); A61K 31/722 (2006.01); A61K 31/729 (2006.01); A61K 31/731 (2006.01); A61K 31/732 (2006.01); A61K 31/734 (2006.01); A61P 3/04 (2006.01); A61P 3/06 (2006.01)

CPC A61K 31/736 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0056 (2013.01); A61K 31/718 (2013.01); A61K 31/722 (2013.01); A61K 31/729 (2013.01); A61K 31/731 (2013.01); A61K 31/732 (2013.01); A61K 31/734 (2013.01); A61P 3/04 (2018.01); A61P 3/06 (2018.01)]

22 Claims

1. A method for treating or preventing obesity in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a superabsorbent material having a porous network structure without any chemical cross-linking; wherein the superabsorbent material is a dehydrated gel comprising agar, carrageenan, and konjac gum; and wherein the superabsorbent material has an absorption ratio of at least 10 in deionized water at 25° C.