Patents by Inventor John R. Lau

John R. Lau 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).

  • Publication number: 20120035105
    Abstract: The present invention includes a pharmaceutical composition comprising HDV insulin or oral HDV insulin, and one or more additional therapeutic agents useful for the treatment of diabetes and diabetes related ailments. The present invention also includes a method of making the pharmaceutical inventions of the application. The present invention further includes methods of treating diabetes and/or diabetes related ailments comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition of the invention to a patient in need thereof. The present invention also includes methods of treating diabetes related ailments comprising administering a pharmaceutical formulation of HDV insulin or a pharmaceutical formulation of oral HDV insulin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: W. Blair Geho, John R. Lau
  • Publication number: 20110135725
    Abstract: The instant invention is drawn to a hepatocyte targeted composition comprising insulin associated with a lipid construct comprising an amphipathic lipid and an extended amphipathic lipid that targets the construct to a receptor displayed by an hepatocyte. The composition can comprise a mixture of free insulin and insulin associated with the complex. The composition can be modified to protect insulin and the complex from degradation. The invention also includes methods for the manufacture of the composition and loading insulin into the composition and recycling various components of the composition. Methods of treating individuals inflicted with diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: SDG, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Lau, W. Blair Geho
  • Publication number: 20110135727
    Abstract: The instant invention is drawn to a hepatocyte targeted composition comprising a mixture of free recombinant human insulin isophane and free Recombinant human regular insulin insulin and a mixture of recombinant human insulin isophane and Recombinant human regular insulin insulin associated with a water insoluble target molecule complex, wherein the complex comprises multiple linked individual units and a supra-molecular lipid construct matrix. Recombinant human insulin isophane and Recombinant human regular insulin insulin are present within the complex in at least one form wherein the recombinant human insulin isophane and Recombinant human regular insulin insulin have regions of positive charge which interacts with a negative charge on the complex. The invention also includes methods for the manufacture of the composition and methods of managing blood glucose levels in individuals with Type I and Type II diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: John R. Lau, W. Blair Geho
  • Patent number: 7871641
    Abstract: The instant invention is drawn to a hepatocyte targeted composition comprising a mixture of free glargine insulin and glargine insulin associated with a water insoluble target molecule complex, wherein the complex comprises multiple linked individual units and a supra-molecular lipid construct matrix. Glargine insulin is present within the complex in at least one form wherein the glargine insulin has a positive charge which interacts with a negative charge on the complex. The invention also includes methods for the manufacture of the composition and methods of managing blood glucose levels in individuals with Type I and Type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: SDG, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Lau, W. Blair Geho
  • Patent number: 7858116
    Abstract: The instant invention is drawn to a hepatocyte targeted composition comprising a mixture of free recombinant human insulin isophane and free Recombinant human regular insulin insulin and a mixture of recombinant human insulin isophane and Recombinant human regular insulin insulin associated with a water insoluble target molecule complex, wherein the complex comprises multiple linked individual units and a supra-molecular lipid construct matrix. Recombinant human insulin isophane and Recombinant human regular insulin insulin are present within the complex in at least one form wherein the recombinant human insulin isophane and Recombinant human regular insulin insulin have regions of positive charge which interacts with a negative charge on the complex. The invention also includes methods for the manufacture of the composition and methods of managing blood glucose levels in individuals with Type I and Type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: SDG, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Lau, W. Blair Geho
  • Publication number: 20100310599
    Abstract: The present invention is embodied by a composition capable inducing weight loss in a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: W. Blair GEHO, John R. LAU
  • Publication number: 20100247625
    Abstract: The present invention is embodied by a composition capable inducing weight loss in a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: W. Blair Geho, John R. Lau
  • Publication number: 20100209492
    Abstract: A metal targeting complex which associates with a charged liposomal structure is provided. The metal targeting complex provides the targetability of the liposomal construct to the desired receptor sites of a warm-blooded host for therapy or diagnostic use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: SDG, Inc. (An Ohio corporation)
    Inventors: John R. Lau, W. Blair Geho, George H. Snedeker
  • Publication number: 20100129428
    Abstract: The instant invention is drawn to a hepatocyte targeted composition comprising interferon associated with a lipid construct comprising amphipathic lipid molecules and receptor binding molecule. The composition can comprise a mixture of free interferon and interferon associated with the complex. The composition can be modified to protect interferon and the complex from degradation. The invention also includes methods for the manufacture of the composition and loading interferon into the composition and recycling various components of the composition and methods of treating individuals infected with the hepatitis C and other hepatitis viruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: John R. Lau, W. Blair Geho
  • Publication number: 20100080773
    Abstract: The present invention is embodied by a composition capable of chaperoning a typically non-orally available therapeutic or diagnostic agent through the environment of the digestive tract such that the therapetuic or diagnostic agent is bioavailable. The composition may or may not be targeted to specific cellular receptors, such as hepatocytes. Therapeutic agents include, but are not limited to, insulin, calcitonin, serotonin, and other proteins. Targeting is accomplished with biotin or metal based targeting agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: W. Blair Geho, John R. Lau
  • Publication number: 20090087479
    Abstract: The present invention is embodied by a composition capable of chaperoning a typically non-orally available therapeutic or diagnostic agent through the environment of the digestive tract such that the therapetucic or diagnostic agent is bioavailable. The composition may or may not be targeted to specific cellular receptors, such as hepatocytes. Therapeutic agents include, but are not limited to, insulin, calcitonin, serotonin, and other proteins. Targeting is accomplished with biotin or metal based targeting agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: SDG, Inc. ( An Ohio corporation)
    Inventors: John R. Lau, W. Blair Geho
  • Patent number: 7169410
    Abstract: A metal targeting complex which associates with a charged liposomal structure is provided. The metal targeting complex provides the targetability of the liposomal construct to the desired receptor sites of a warm-blooded host for therapy or diagnostic use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: SDG, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Lau, W. Blair Geho, George H. Snedeker
  • Publication number: 20010021390
    Abstract: Cetyl pyridinium chloride and other amphiphilic substances may be mixed with flavorants or therapeutics in accompaniment with bulking agents or sweeteners in order to prolong their duration of action at the site of attachment, which is a mucin coated surface for the purpose of providing the consumer with a more efficacious product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: SDG, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Lau
  • Patent number: 6207192
    Abstract: Cetyl pyridinium chloride and other amphiphilic substances may be mixed with flavorants or therapeutics in accompaniment with such as bulking agents or sweeteners in order to prolong their duration of action at the site of attachment, which is a mucin coated surface for the purpose of providing the consumer with a more efficacious product. It is the concept of delayed dispensing that is the invention, the product being dispensed is only an illustration of the best mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: SDG, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Lau
  • Patent number: 6177099
    Abstract: A biochemical membrane encapsulated by neuraminic acid residue to mask the surface of the membrane from recognition and removal by the scavenging RES cells of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: SDG, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Lau, W. Blair Geho
  • Patent number: 6063400
    Abstract: This invention provides a liposomal construct for delivering a diagnostic or therapeutic agent to a mammal comprising a liposomal carrier, a diagnostic or therapeutic agent entrapped within or associated with said liposomal carrier and a sequestering agent distributed within said liposomal carrier to reduce leakage of the diagnostic or therapeutic agent from the liposomal construct prior to delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: SDG, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Blair Geho, John R. Lau
  • Patent number: 5690956
    Abstract: Strong reducing chemicals are required by prior art to break disulfide bonds of hair structure in alkaline media. The disulfide bonds are responsible for holding the hair in set condition.This disclosure teaches a new means for breaking the disulfide bonds by use of Tris-(2-carboxyethyl) phosphine (TCEP) in a mildly acid solution.The essence of the specification is the breaking of disulfide bonds in an acid environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: SDG, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Lau
  • Patent number: 5567432
    Abstract: A biochemical membrane encapsulated by a synthetically-derived neuraminic acid residue, to mask the surface of the membrane from recognition and removal by the scavenging RES cells of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Inventors: John R. Lau, W. Blair Geho
  • Patent number: 5492648
    Abstract: High impact energy is applied to a modified lecithin in water, to form a base product. A block copolymer surfactant, water and organic oil are added to this base product, and high impact energy is applied once again. The resultant product is a stable aqueous distribution of the organic oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Inventors: John R. Lau, Bruce K. Schrier
  • Patent number: 5436010
    Abstract: This invention discloses the phenomenon of penetrating the hair shaft with a hydroxysphere and glycerin carrier system ("HS-GL"), manufactured using materials that are Generally Regarded As Safe ("GRAS"). The penetration of the hair shaft by the HS-GL carrier system provides a means of transporting materials such as hair care agents, moisturizers, coloring agents, therapeutics, hair setting agents, and agents used for hair care cosmetic applications, through the cuticle and the cortex to the medulla region in the center of the hair shaft. The resulting benefits that can be achieved using this HS-GL carrier system alone, are greater hair manageability, greater ease of combing, higher sheen, better hair set, longer-lasting hair curl, and a restoration of softness in dry hair and also in hair which is brittle and damaged by split ends. Penetration of the hair shaft by the HS-GL carrier system is also reversible with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: SDG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Lau, W. Blair Geho, Darryl H. Woods