Patents by Inventor Joanne Curley

Joanne Curley 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 and methods for providing prolonged local anesthesia
    Patent number: 6426339
    Abstract: The use of glucocorticosteroids in methods and formulations for prolonging and/or reactivating local anesthesia or local anesthesia previously induced by a local anesthetic agent, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Charles B. Berde, Robert S. Langer, Joanne Curley, Jenny Castillo
  • Systems and methods for treating packaged powders
    Publication number: 20010035184
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for conditioning packaged powders. According to one method, a receptacle is provided having an enclosed chamber that contains a powder. At least one pulse of energy is applied to the receptacle to increase the efficiency at which the powder may be extracted from the chamber when flowing a gas through the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Carlos Schuler, Steve Paboojian, Andrew Clark, Andrea Rourke, Joanne Curley, Don S. Minami, Derrick J. Tuttle
  • High load formulations and methods for providing prolonged local anesthesia
    Patent number: 6238702
    Abstract: A formulation for inducing sustained local anesthesia in a patient comprising a substrate comprising a high load of local anesthetic by weight and an effective amount of a biocompatible, controlled release material to obtain a. reversible nerve blockade or anesthesia effect when implanted or injected in a patient, and a non-toxic glucocorticosteroid agent effective to prolong the duration of the local anesthesia for a time period longer than that obtainable from the substrate without the glucocorticosteroid agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corp.
    Inventors: Charles B. Berde, Robert S. Langer, Joanne Curley, Jenny Castillo
  • Formulations and methods for providing prolonged local anesthesia
    Patent number: 6046187
    Abstract: The use of glucocorticosteroids in methods and formulations for prolonging and/or reactivating local anesthesia or local anesthesia previously induced by a local anesthetic agent, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Charles B. Berde, Robert S. Langer, Joanne Curley, Jenny Castillo
  • High load formulations and methods for providing prolonged local anesthesia
    Patent number: 5922340
    Abstract: A formulation for inducing sustained local anesthesia in a patient comprising a substrate comprising a high load of local anesthetic by weight and an effective amount of a biocompatible, controlled release material to obtain a reversible nerve blockade or anesthesia effect when implanted or injected in a patient, and a non-toxic glucocorticosteroid agent effective to prolong the duration of the local anesthesia for a time period longer than that obtainable from the substrate without the glucocorticosteroid agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Charles B. Berde, Robert S. Langer, Joanne Curley, Jenny Castillo