Patents by Inventor Fiona Kate Gardiner

Fiona Kate Gardiner 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).

  • Formulations for the treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux
    Patent number: 6348502
    Abstract: Formulations for the treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux diseases include a carrier vehicle and an active gastro-protective agent. The carrier vehicle is either capable of forming a floating barrier layer on contact with gastric acid or of forming a bioadhesive film before any contact with gastric acid, so as to protect gastric mucosa from irritation by the gastric acid. A preferred active ingredient is capsaicin. The carrier vehicle preferably contains alginate or cross-linked polyacrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman Products Limited
    Inventors: Fiona Kate Gardiner, Ian Gordon Jolliffe, Peter William Dettmar
  • Therapeutically active compositions
    Patent number: 6201014
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhoea, constipation, abdominal pain and/or bloating or abdominal distension, the composition including a carrier vehicle and a vanilloid compound. The carrier vehicle enables the vanilloid compound to be released in the lower gastrointestinal tract. The vanilloid compound has the effect of desensitizing nerves in the lower gastrointestinal tract, thereby leading to symptomatic relief. Preferred vanilloid compounds are capsaicin and resiniferatoxin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman Products Limited
    Inventor: Fiona Kate Gardiner