Patents by Inventor Mitchell F. Brin

Mitchell F. Brin 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: 20080057084
    Abstract: A method for treating a headache by selecting a patient determined to be responsive to administration of a botulinum neurotoxin for treatment of a headache by determining that the patient has or has a propensity to have an imploding headache and/or an ocular headache pain and administering a botulinum toxin to the patient, thereby treating the headache. A method for selecting from a population of patients with headache or with a propensity to have a headache, those patients whose headache will respond to administration of a botulinum neurotoxin by identifying from a population of patients with headache or with a propensity to have a headache those patients who have or who have a propensity to have an imploding headache pain and/or an ocular headache pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Rami Burstein, Catherine C. Turkel, Mitchell F. Brin
  • Publication number: 20070191266
    Abstract: Methods of treating humans or animals afflicted with primary blepharospasm, for example, benign essential blepharospasm, or secondary blepharospasm not caused by an ocular surface disease or condition, are component to a human or animal so afflicted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventor: MITCHELL F. BRIN
  • Patent number: 6974579
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for improving blood supply through a grafted blood vessel. In some embodiments, the methods comprise the step of locally administering a botulinum toxin to the grafted blood vessel, thereby improving blood supply through the grafted blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell F. Brin, Markus K. Naumann
  • Publication number: 20040266776
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preventing or reducing the severity of a stress-associated condition in a subject by systemically administering to the subject an effective amount of brimonidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide, sterioisomer or racemic mixture thereof. Stress-associated conditions that can be treated according to a method of the invention include, but are not limited to, dyspepsia, tachycardias other than tachycardia associated with myocardial ischemia, panic attack, non-inflammatory dermatogical conditions, disorders of muscle contraction, sensory hypersensitivity associated with migraine, and behavioral disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Daniel W. Gil, Scott Whitcup, Mitchell F. Brin, John E. Donello
  • Publication number: 20020094339
    Abstract: A method for treating a mammary gland disorder, including hyperplasic, hypertonic, cystic and/or neoplastic mammary gland tissue by local administration of a botulinum toxin to or to the vicinity of the afflicted breast tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: Allergan Sales, Inc
    Inventors: Mitchell F. Brin, Stephen Donovan