CPC A61J 15/0092 (2013.01) [A23D 7/011 (2013.01); A23D 7/013 (2013.01); A23D 9/013 (2013.01); A23K 20/158 (2016.05); A23K 50/30 (2016.05); A23L 29/06 (2016.08); A23L 33/115 (2016.08); A23L 33/12 (2016.08); A23L 33/40 (2016.08); A61J 15/0003 (2013.01); A61J 15/0026 (2013.01); A61K 9/0029 (2013.01); A61K 31/202 (2013.01); A61K 38/465 (2013.01); B65D 1/02 (2013.01); B65D 41/02 (2013.01); B65D 81/32 (2013.01); B65D 85/72 (2013.01); C12Y 301/00 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); C12Y 301/01 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method of providing a nutritional composition to a subject, the method comprising:
receiving a nutritional composition within an enteral feeding device;
exposing the nutritional composition to lipase immobilized within the enteral feeding device, wherein exposing the nutritional composition to the lipase hydrolyzes triglycerides and/or esters within the nutritional composition to form a hydrolyzed nutritional composition; and
delivering the hydrolyzed nutritional composition from the enteral feeding device to the subject,
wherein the method reduces a length of time the subject is on total parenteral nutrition.
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11. A method of providing a nutritional composition to a subject, the method comprising:
receiving a nutritional composition within an enteral feeding device;
exposing the nutritional composition to lipase immobilized within the enteral feeding device, wherein exposing the nutritional composition to the lipase hydrolyzes triglycerides and/or esters within the nutritional composition into monoglycerides and free fatty acids to form a hydrolyzed nutritional composition; and
delivering the hydrolyzed nutritional composition from the enteral feeding device and to the subject,
wherein the method reduces gut atrophy in the subject.
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