Patents by Inventor Don Gash

Don Gash has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of treating Parkinson's disease in humans by convection-enhanced infusion of glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor to the putamen
    Publication number: 20050137134
    Abstract: A method of treating Parkinson's disease in humans is disclosed, wherein glial cell-line derive neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is chronically administered directly to one or both putamen of a human in need of treatment thereof via convection-enhanced infusion using at least one implantable pump and at least one catheter. In one aspect of the present invention the GDNF is infused directly into one or both putamen through one or more indwelling intraparenchymal mutltiport brain catheters connected to one or moreimplantable pumps wherein the flow rate is pulsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicants: NORTH BRISTOL N.H.S. TRUST, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, AMGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Gill, Don Gash, Greg Gerhardt