Patents by Inventor Michael J. Gerber

Michael J. Gerber 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).

  • Patent number: 9993475
    Abstract: A method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a subject comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan, wherein, at baseline, time from first diagnosis of the condition in the subject is not greater than about 2 years.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Gerber, Christopher Dufton
  • Publication number: 20170136016
    Abstract: A method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a subject comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan, wherein, at baseline, time from first diagnosis of the condition in the subject is not greater than about 2 years
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Gerber, Christopher Dufton
  • Publication number: 20170079978
    Abstract: A method for enhancing glycemic control and/or insulin sensitivity to a human subject having diabetic nephropathy and/or metabolic syndrome comprises administering to the subject a selective endothelin A (ETA) receptor antagonist in a glycemic control and/or insulin sensitivity enhancing effective amount. A method for treating a complex of comorbidities in an elderly diabetic human subject comprises administering to the subject a selective ETA receptor antagonist in combination or as adjunctive therapy with at least one additional agent that is (i) other than a selective ETA receptor antagonist and (ii) effective in treatment of diabetes and/or at least one of said comorbidities other than hypertension. A therapeutic combination useful in such a method comprises a selective ETA receptor antagonist and at least one antidiabetic, anti-obesity or antidyslipidemic agent other than a selective ETA receptor antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Robert L. Roden, Richard J. Gorczynski, Michael J. Gerber
  • Patent number: 9592231
    Abstract: A method for enhancing glycemic control and/or insulin sensitivity in a human subject having diabetic nephropathy and/or metabolic syndrome comprises administering to the subject a selective endothelia A (ETA) receptor antagonist in a glycemic control and/or insulin sensitivity enhancing effective amount. A method for treating a complex of comorbidities in an elderly diabetic human subject comprises administering to the subject a selective ETA receptor antagonist in combination or as adjunctive therapy with at least one additional agent that is (i) other than a selective ETA receptor antagonist and (ii) effective in treatment of diabetes and/or at least one of said comorbidities other than hypertension. A therapeutic combination useful in such a method comprises a selective ETA receptor antagonist and at least one antidiabetic, anti-obesity or antidyslipidemic agent other than a selective ETA receptor antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert L. Roden, Richard J. Gorczynski, Michael J. Gerber
  • Patent number: 9504685
    Abstract: A method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a subject comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan, wherein, at baseline, time from first diagnosis of the condition in the subject is not greater than about 2 years.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Gerber, Christopher Dufton
  • Patent number: 9474752
    Abstract: A method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a subject comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan, wherein, at baseline, time from first diagnosis of the condition in the subject is not greater than about 2 years.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Gerber, Christopher Dufton
  • Patent number: 9283223
    Abstract: A method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a subject comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan, wherein, at baseline, time from first diagnosis of the condition in the subject is not greater than about 2 years.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Gerber, Christopher Dufton
  • Publication number: 20150224100
    Abstract: A method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a subject comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan, wherein, at baseline, time from first diagnosis of the condition in the subject is not greater than about 2 years
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Michael J. Gerber, Christopher Dufton
  • Publication number: 20150051234
    Abstract: A method for enhancing glycemic control and/or insulin sensitivity in a human subject having diabetic nephropathy and/or metabolic syndrome comprises administering to the subject a selective endothelia A (ETA) receptor antagonist in a glycemic control and/or insulin sensitivity enhancing effective amount. A method for treating a complex of comorbidities in an elderly diabetic human subject comprises administering to the subject a selective ETA receptor antagonist in combination or as adjunctive therapy with at least one additional agent that is (i) other than a selective ETA receptor antagonist and (ii) effective in treatment of diabetes and/or at least one of said comorbidities other than hypertension. A therapeutic combination useful in such a method comprises a selective ETA receptor antagonist and at least one antidiabetic, anti-obesity or antidyslipidemic agent other than a selective ETA receptor antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Robert L. Roden, Richard J. Gorczynski, Michael J. Gerber
  • Patent number: 8865650
    Abstract: A method for enhancing glycemic control and/or insulin sensitivity in a human subject having diabetic nephropathy and/or metabolic syndrome comprises administering to the subject a selective endothelin A (ETA) receptor antagonist in a glycemic control and/or insulin sensitivity enhancing effective amount. A method for treating a complex of comorbidities in an elderly diabetic human subject comprises administering to the subject a selective ETA receptor antagonist in combination or as adjunctive therapy with at least one additional agent that is (i) other than a selective ETA receptor antagonist and (ii) effective in treatment of diabetes and/or at least one of said comorbidities other than hypertension. A therapeutic combination useful in such a method comprises a selective ETA receptor antagonist and at least one antidiabetic, anti-obesity or antidyslipidemic agent other than a selective ETA receptor antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert L. Roden, Richard J. Gorczynski, Michael J. Gerber
  • Publication number: 20140296244
    Abstract: A method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a subject comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan, wherein, at baseline, time from first diagnosis of the condition in the subject is not greater than about 2 years.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Michael J. Gerber, Christopher Dufton
  • Publication number: 20140073574
    Abstract: A method for enhancing glycemic control and/or insulin sensitivity in a human subject having diabetic nephropathy and/or metabolic syndrome comprises administering to the subject a selective endothelin A (ETA) receptor antagonist in a glycemic control and/or insulin sensitivity enhancing effective amount. A method for treating a complex of comorbidities in an elderly diabetic human subject comprises administering to the subject a selective ETA receptor antagonist in combination or as adjunctive therapy with at least one additional agent that is (i) other than a selective ETA receptor antagonist and (ii) effective in treatment of diabetes and/or at least one of said comorbidities other than hypertension. A therapeutic combination useful in such a method comprises a selective ETA receptor antagonist and at least one antidiabetic, anti-obesity or antidyslipidemic agent other than a selective ETA receptor antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Robert L. Roden, Richard J. Gorczynski, Michael J. Gerber
  • Patent number: 8623819
    Abstract: A method for enhancing glycemic control and/or insulin sensitivity in a human subject having diabetic nephropathy and/or metabolic syndrome comprises administering to the subject a selective endothelin A (ETA) receptor antagonist in a glycemic control and/or insulin sensitivity enhancing effective amount. A method for treating a complex of comorbidities in an elderly diabetic human subject comprises administering to the subject a selective ETA receptor antagonist in combination or as adjunctive therapy with at least one additional agent that is (i) other than a selective ETA receptor antagonist and (ii) effective in treatment of diabetes and/or at least one of said comorbidities other than hypertension. A therapeutic combination useful in such a method comprises a selective ETA receptor antagonist and at least one antidiabetic, anti-obesity or antidyslipidemic agent other than a selective ETA receptor antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert L. Roden, Richard J. Gorczynski, Michael J. Gerber
  • Patent number: 8600479
    Abstract: A catheter system adapted for navigating, guiding and implanting a catheter or a plurality of catheters in a spatially-defined implantation within the tissue of a patient is provided. The system can include a tissue navigation system and a probe to inform the navigation system to guide emplacement of the catheters within a target tissue. The probe can provide images, such as fiberoptic visual images, or ultrasound images, or can provide radiolocation data, to guide the catheter emplacement. The catheters supply a pressurized liquid including a bioactive agent, such as can be used in the treatment of cancer, for example 123I- or 125I-IUDR. The system and methods provided can be used in the treatment of locally advanced tumors, such as cancers of the brain, head or neck, esophagus, prostate, ovary, liver, pancreas, bladder or rectum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Peak Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Dalke, Kevin Lillehei, Thomas A. Jellison, Michael J. Gerber, James E. Matsuura, Stephen L Warren
  • Patent number: 8470295
    Abstract: A method is provided for treatment of disorders involving hyperproliferative cells, such as malignancies, advanced stage solid tumors like glioblastoma multiforme, and non-malignant hyperproliferative pathological conditions such as adult macular degeneration. A short range, unselective cell killing radiotherapeutic substance is administered, optionally in a spatially defined volume of tissue, optionally in combination with a mitogenic agent that stimulates or induces DNA biosynthesis. In this way, the percentage of hyperproliferative that are susceptible to killing by the radiotherapeutic agent is increased. Cancer stem cells can be induced to enter S phase with the mitogenic agent, then killed with the radiotherapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Peak Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen L. Warren, James E. Matsuura, Michael J. Gerber
  • Patent number: 8377933
    Abstract: A method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a subject comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan, wherein, at baseline, time from first diagnosis of the condition in the subject is not greater than about 2 years.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Gilead Colorado, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Gerber, Christopher Dufton
  • Publication number: 20110245253
    Abstract: A method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a subject comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan, wherein, at baseline, time from first diagnosis of the condition in the subject is not greater than about 2 years.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Michael J. Gerber, Christopher Dufton
  • Publication number: 20110135569
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the local radiotherapy of cancers such as locally invasive, advanced stage solid tumors, and normal tissues penetrated by processes of cancerous tissue, through administration of Auger-electron emitting radionucleoside analogs using high-flow microinfusion techniques (“convection-enhanced delivery”). Direct infusion under pressure, at flow rates in excess of at least about 0.5 microliters/min of the radionucleosides provides for their mass transport through tissue to a much higher degree than could be achieved by passive, unpressurized diffusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Peak Biosciences Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Dalke, Michael J. Gerber, Kevin Lillehei, James E. Matsuura, Stephen L. Warren
  • Publication number: 20100233081
    Abstract: A method is provided for treatment of disorders involving hyperproliferative cells, such as malignancies, advanced stage solid tumors like glioblastoma multiforme, and non-malignant hyperproliferative pathological conditions such as adult macular degeneration. A short range, unselective cell killing radiotherapeutic substance is administered, optionally in a spatially defined volume of tissue, optionally in combination with a mitogenic agent that stimulates or induces DNA biosynthesis. In this way, the percentage of hyperproliferative that are susceptible to killing by the radiotherapeutic agent is increased. Cancer stem cells can be induced to enter S phase with the mitogenic agent, then killed with the radiotherapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: PEAK BIOSCIENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen L. Warren, James E. Matsuura, Michael J. Gerber
  • Publication number: 20100222668
    Abstract: A catheter system adapted for navigating, guiding and implanting a catheter or a plurality of catheters in a spatially-defined implantation within the tissue of a patient is provided. The system can include a tissue navigation system and a probe to inform the navigation system to guide emplacement of the catheters within a target tissue. The probe can provide images, such as fiberoptic visual images, or ultrasound images, or can provide radiolocation data, to guide the catheter emplacement. The catheters supply a pressurized liquid including a bioactive agent, such as can be used in the treatment of cancer, for example 123I- or 125I-IUDR. The system and methods provided can be used in the treatment of locally advanced tumors, such as cancers of the brain, head or neck, esophagus, prostate, ovary, liver, pancreas, bladder or rectum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: William D. Dalke, Kevin Lillehei, Thomas A. Jellison, Michael J. Gerber, James E. Matsuura, Stephen L. Warren