US 12,310,957 B2
Bowel cleansing composition
Yoon Sik Kang, Seoul (KR); Chung Yoon Shin, Seoul (KR); Hyun Suk Kang, Seoul (KR); and Hyun Yee Kang, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Yoon Sik Kang, Seoul (KR); Chung Yoon Shin, Seoul (KR); Hyun Suk Kang, Seoul (KR); and Hyun Yee Kang, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,733.
Application 17/219,733 is a continuation of application No. 15/843,070, filed on Dec. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,973,808.
Application 15/843,070 is a continuation of application No. 14/903,779, abandoned, previously published as PCT/KR2014/008893, filed on Sep. 24, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2013-0124072 (KR), filed on Oct. 17, 2013; and application No. 10-2014-0081087 (KR), filed on Jun. 30, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353603 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 31/4402 (2006.01); A23L 2/52 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/047 (2006.01); A61K 31/375 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 31/4402 (2013.01) [A23L 2/52 (2013.01); A61K 9/0095 (2013.01); A61K 31/047 (2013.01); A61K 31/375 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
 
1. A bowel cleansing composition, comprising:
(i) a first cleansing component comprising at least one type of sugar alcohol selected from xylitol, sorbitol, glycerol, erythritol, thrithol, arabitol, ribitol, mannitol, galactitol, fucitol, iditol, inositol, volemitol, isomalt, maltitol, lactitol, maltotritol, maltotaglytol, and polyglycitol;
(ii) a second cleansing component comprising ascorbic acid or a mixture of ascorbic acid and ascorbic acid salt;
(iii) a third cleansing component comprising picosulfate; and
(iv) a water-soluble solvent,
wherein the concentration of said first cleansing component is 10 g/L to 500 g/L,
wherein the concentration of said second cleansing component is 20 g/L to 500 g/L,
wherein the concentration of said third cleansing component is 1.0 mg/L to 100 mg/L based on the total preparation, and
wherein the volume of said water-soluble solvent is 0.1 L-1.0 L.