Patents by Inventor John L. Toner
John L. Toner 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).
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Publication number: 20080145402Abstract: A medical device comprises a supporting structure capable of containing or supporting a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient, which carrier or excipient may contain one or more therapeutic agents or substances, with the carrier preferably including a coating on the surface thereof, and the coating containing the therapeutic substances, such as, for example, drugs. Supporting structures for the medical devices that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not limited to, coronary stents, peripheral stents, catheters, arterio-venous grafts, by-pass grafts, and drug delivery balloons used in the vasculature. Drugs that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not limited to drugs of Formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2008Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Karl W. Mollison, Angela M. LeCaptain, Sandra E. Burke, Keith R. Cromack, Peter J. Tarcha, Yen-Chih J. Chen, John L. Toner
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Patent number: 7378105Abstract: A system and compositions including zotarolimus and paclitaxel are disclosed, as well as methods of delivery, wherein the drugs have effects that complement each other. Medical devices are disclosed which include supporting structures that include at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient, which carrier or excipient can include one or more therapeutic agents or substances, with the carrier including at least one coating on the surface thereof, and the coating associated with the therapeutic substances, such as, for example, drugs. Supporting structures for the medical devices that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not limited to, coronary stents, peripheral stents, catheters, arterio-venous grafts, by-pass grafts, and drug delivery balloons used in the vasculature.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Sandra E. Burke, Keith R. Cromack, Matthew Mack, John L. Toner
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Patent number: 7357942Abstract: A system and compositions including zotarolimus and paclitaxel are disclosed, as well as methods of delivery, wherein the drugs have effects that complement each other. Medical devices are disclosed which include supporting structures that include at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient, which carrier or excipient can include one or more therapeutic agents or substances, with the carrier including at least one coating on the surface thereof, and the coating associated with the therapeutic substances, such as, for example, drugs. Supporting structures for the medical devices that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not limited to, coronary stents, peripheral stents, catheters, arterio-venous grafts, by-pass grafts, and drug delivery balloons used in the vasculature.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2006Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Sandra E. Burke, Keith R. Cromack, Matthew Mack, John L. Toner
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Publication number: 20040234573Abstract: A medical device comprising a supporting structure capable of containing or supporting a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient, which carrier or excipient may contain one or more therapeutic agents or substances, with the carrier preferably including a coating on the surface thereof, and the coating containing the therapeutic substances, such as, for example, drugs. Supporting structures for the medical devices that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not limited to, coronary stents, peripheral stents, catheters, arterio-venous grafts, by-pass grafts, and drug delivery balloons used in the vasculature. Drugs that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not limited to Formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Inventors: Karl W. Mollison, Angela M. LeCaptain, Sandra E. Burke, Keith R. Cromack, Peter J. Tarcha, Yen-Chih J. Chen, John L. Toner
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Publication number: 20040180039Abstract: A medical device having a hydration inhibitor for controlled delivery of a beneficial agent and methods of manufacturing of the same. The medical device includes an interventional component loaded with a beneficial agent having a first LogP value, the beneficial agent being associated with a hydration inhibitor to control the elution rate of at least part of the beneficial agent, the hydration inhibitor having a second LogP value which is greater than the first LogP value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2004Publication date: September 16, 2004Inventors: John L. Toner, Keith R. Cromack
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Publication number: 20030129215Abstract: A medical device comprising a supporting structure having a coating on the surface thereof, the coating containing a therapeutic substance, such as, for example, a drug. Supporting structures for the medical devices that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not limited to, coronary stents, peripheral stents, catheters, arterio-venous grafts, by-pass grafts, and drug delivery balloons used in the vasculature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Applicant: T-RAM, Inc.Inventors: Karl W. Mollison, Angela M. LeCaptain, Sandra E. Burke, Keith R. Cromack, Peter J. Tarcha, Yen-Chih J. Chen, John L. Toner
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Patent number: 6017522Abstract: A composition suitable for use in diagnostic imaging or as a cell killing agent comprising a chelating residue linked via an amide linkage to a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety, said compisition having a molecular weight of at least 4,500; ##STR1## wherein: Z is a chelating residue;Q is a divalent poly(alkylene oxidylene) moiety having a carbon terminus at R and at L;L represents an amide linkage;E.sup.(b) is one or more counterions each having a charge of b;b is an integer from 1, 2 and 3;n is an integer selected from the group 1, 2, 3 and 4;w is zero or an integer from 1 to 5;M.sup.(+a) is a cation, having a charge of +a;a is an integer from 1 to 4;r is 0 or an integer from 1 to 3, provided that when r is 2-3, each M.sup.(+a) can be the same or different cation;d is the total charge on the chelating residue and is an integer from 0 to 10;d+.SIGMA.(b.multidot.w)+.SIGMA.(a.multidot.r)=O; andR is a capping moiety chosen from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1997Date of Patent: January 25, 2000Assignee: Sterling Winthrop Inc.Inventors: Dennis E. Butterfield, Dennis K. Fujii, David L. Ladd, Robert A. Snow, Julia S. Tan, John L. Toner
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Patent number: 5932188Abstract: This invention provides therapeutic and diagnostic imaging compositions and methods featuring a polymer comprising units containing a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety linked to the residue of a chelating agent, said polymer having a cytotoxic agent associated therewith.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1997Date of Patent: August 3, 1999Assignee: Sterling Winthrop Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Snow, David L. Ladd, John L. Toner
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Patent number: 5817292Abstract: This invention provides compositions useful in MR imaging comprising a polymer comprising units comprising the residue of a chelating agent linked to a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety, the polymer having a paramagetic metal ion associated therewith.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1992Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: Nycomed Imaging ASInventors: Robert A. Snow, David L. Ladd, John L. Toner
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Patent number: 5756688Abstract: This invention provides compositions useful in MR imaging comprising a polymer comprising units comprising the residue of a chelating agent linked to a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety, the polymer having a paramagetic metal ion associated therewith.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1993Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Assignee: Sterling Winthrop Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Snow, David L. Ladd, John L. Toner, K. Robert Hollister
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Patent number: 5730968Abstract: A composition suitable for use in diagnostic imaging or as a cell killing agent comprising a chelating residue linked via an amide linkage to a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety, said composition having a molecular weight of at least 4,500; ##STR1## wherein: Z is a chelating residue;Q is a divalent poly(alkylene oxidylene) moiety having a carbon terminus at R and at L;L represents an amide linkage;E.sup.(b) is one or more counterions each having a charge of b;b is an integer from 1, 2 and 3;n is an integer selected from the group 1, 2, 3 and 4;w is zero or an integer from 1 to 5;M.sup.(+a) is a cation, having a charge of +a;a is an integer from 1 to 4;r is 0 or an integer from 1 to 3, provided that when r is 2-3, each M.sup.(+a) can be the same or different cation;d is the total charge on the chelating residue and is an integer from 0 to 10;d+.SIGMA.(b.multidot.w)+.SIGMA.(a.multidot.r)=O; andR is a capping moiety chosen from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1994Date of Patent: March 24, 1998Assignee: Sterling Winthrop Inc.Inventors: Dennis E. Butterfield, Dennis K. Fujii, David L. Ladd, Robert A. Snow, Julia S. Tan, John L. Toner
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Patent number: 5707603Abstract: The invention provides targeting radioactive immunoreagents comprising a metal radionuclide ion, a complexing agent having structure A-I, as defined in the specification, and an immunoreactive group covalently bonded to the complexing agent. The present invention also provides novel complexing agents having the structure A-I, as defined in the specification. The targeting radioactive immunoreagents are particularly useful in therapeutic and diagnostic imaging compositions and methods.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1995Date of Patent: January 13, 1998Assignee: Nycomed Imaging ASInventors: John L. Toner, David A. Hilborn, Bruce J. Murray, Timothy Z. Hossain, Robert A. Snow, Ashis K. Saha, Richard Philion, Clyde W. Shearman, Chandra Shah
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Patent number: 5677445Abstract: A compound of formula ##STR1## where the two R.sup.2 groups, taken together, represent the atoms necessary to complete a macrocyclic ring structure containing at least one heteroatom coordinating site and at least one alkylene group forming part of the ring structure; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, alkylformamido, aryl, aryloxy, heterocyclyl or a protein reactive group; and R.sup.4 represents hydrogen or a protein reactive group, provided that at least one of the R.sup.4 groups is a protein reactive group, and salts, complexes and protein conjugates thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1995Date of Patent: October 14, 1997Assignee: Nycomed Imaging ASInventors: John L. Toner, David A. Hilborn, Bruce J. Murray, Timothy Z. Hossain
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Patent number: 5620677Abstract: Disclosed are contrast agents of the formula ##STR1## contained in aqueous compositions and methods for their use in diagnostic radiology of the gastrointestinal tract whereinZ=H, halo, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, cycloalkyl, lower alkoxy, cyano, where the alkyl and cycloalkyl groups can be substituted with halogen or halo-lower-alkyl groups;R=C.sub.1 -C.sub.25 alkyl, cycloalkyl, or halo-lower-alkyl, optionally substituted with halo, fluoro-lower-alkyl, aryl, lower-alkoxy, hydroxy, carboxy, lower-alkoxy carbonyl or lower-alkoxy-carbonyloxy, (CR.sub.1 R.sub.2).sub.p --(CR.sub.3 .dbd.CR.sub.4).sub.m Q, or (CR.sub.1 R.sub.2).sub.p --C.tbd.C--Q;R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently lower-alkyl, optionally substituted with halo;x is 1-4;n is 1-5;m is 1-15;p is 1-10; andQ is H, lower-alkyl, lower-alkenyl, lower-alkynyl, lower-alkylene, aryl, or aryl-lower alkyl.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1994Date of Patent: April 15, 1997Assignee: Sterling Winthrop Inc.Inventors: Carl R. Illig, Eugene R. Cooper, John L. Toner, Donald A. Upson, Brent D. Douty, Thomas J. Caulfield, Edward R. Bacon, Kimberly G. Estep, Kurt A. Josef, Shaughnessy Robinson, Paul P. Spara
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Patent number: 5583206Abstract: In accordance with this invention, there is provided a polymer comprising units comprising the residue of a chelating agent linked to a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety, and a method for the preparation thereof. The polymer is particularly useful in therapeutic and diagnostic imaging compositions and as an antistatic agent.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1994Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: Sterling WinthropInventors: Robert A. Snow, David L. Ladd, John L. Toner
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Patent number: 5543132Abstract: Disclosed are x-ray contrast compositions for oral or retrograde examination of the gastrointestinal tract comprising a barium salt in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier comprising a cellulose derivative; and methods for their use in diagnostic radiology of the gastrointestinal tract.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1994Date of Patent: August 6, 1996Assignee: Sterling Winthrop Inc.Inventors: Edward J. Baker, Robert W. Lee, John L. Toner, Carl R. Illig
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Patent number: 5525327Abstract: Disclosed are x-ray contrast compositions for oral or retrograde examination of the gastrointestinal tract comprising iodinated polymeric, water-insoluble beads having a particle size of from about 0.01 to about 1000.mu. wherein said iodinated polymeric beads comprise a polymer containing repeating units of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein A is a repeating organic unit in the backbone chain of the polymer; and X is an organic moiety containing or iodinated eromatic group and a hydrophilic group, said moiety having an iodine content within the range of from about 40 to about 80 weight percent based or the molecular weight of X, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier comprising a cellulose derivative.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1994Date of Patent: June 11, 1996Assignee: Sterling Winthrop Inc.Inventors: Edward J. Baker, Robert W. Lee, Carl R. Illig, John L. Toner
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Patent number: 5523402Abstract: Tripyridyl macrocyclic compounds that are employed in the production of a complexing agent for use in targeting radioactive immunoreagents with the following formula are disclosed: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, alkylformamido, aryl, aryloxy, heterocyclyl or a protein reactive group;the two R.sup.2 groups, taken together, represent a bridging group serving to complete a macrocyclic ring, the bridging group containing at least one heteroatom and at least one alkylene group which form part of the resulting macrocyclic ring;R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, alkylformamido, aryl, aryloxy, heterocyclyl, or a protein reactive group;R.sup.5 represents alkyl or alkoxy; andR.sup.6 represents a protein reactive group.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1994Date of Patent: June 4, 1996Assignee: Sterling Winthrop Inc.Inventors: John L. Toner, David A. Hilborn, Bruce J. Murray, Timothy Z. Hossain
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Patent number: 5476646Abstract: Disclosed are x-ray contrast compositions for oral or retrograde examination of the gastrointestinal tract comprising a nonionic x-ray producing agent in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable clay in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and methods for their use in diagnostic radiology of the gastrointestinal tract.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1994Date of Patent: December 19, 1995Assignee: Sterling Winthrop Inc.Inventors: Stephen B. Ruddy, Gregory L. McIntire, Mary E. Roberts, John L. Toner
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Patent number: 5476644Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula ##STR1## chelated with a paramagnetic metal ion wherein Z1 and Z2 each represent the atoms necessary to complete a monocyclic or polycyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring system, said Z1 and Z2 independently optionally substituted with R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, respectively;R.sup.l, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently carboxyalkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.2), --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --C(.dbd.O)--NH--R.sup.8, or --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --C(.dbd.O)--O--R.sup.8R.sup.5 is carboxyalkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.2);R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are independently hydrogen, benzyl, or benzyloxy, said benzyl or benzyloxy optionally substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from the group consisting of amino, isocyanato (--N.dbd.C.dbd.O), isothiocyanato (--N.dbd.C.dbd.S), --NH--C(.dbd.O)--X or --NH--C(.dbd.S)--X;R.sup.8 is alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.20), --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --Ar, or polyhydroxyalkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1994Date of Patent: December 19, 1995Assignee: Sterling Winthrop Inc.Inventors: Carl R. Illig, Thomas J. Caulfield, John L. Toner, Peng Guo, David L. Ladd