Patents by Inventor Pradeep P. Sanghvi

Pradeep P. Sanghvi 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).

  • Sustained release formulations of metformin
    Patent number: 7214387
    Abstract: The invention provides sustained release formulations of metformin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating diabetes by administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a sustained release formulation of metformin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Penwest Pharmaceuticals Company
    Inventors: Pradeep P. Sanghvi, Sara Ketsela
  • Sustained release formulations of metformin
    Publication number: 20040109891
    Abstract: The invention provides sustained release formulations of metformin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating diabetes by administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a sustained release formulation of metformin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: Penwest Pharmaceuticals Company
    Inventors: Pradeep P. Sanghvi, Sara Ketsela
  • Fast-dissolving comestible units formed under high-speed/high-pressure conditions
    Patent number: 5869098
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions useful for making tablets which can be formed using conventional tableting machines and which disintegrate rapidly when placed in the mouth. The compositions typically include partially hygroscopic shearform matrices which may be recrystallized using crystallization promoters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Fuisz Technologies LTD.
    Inventors: Tushar K. Misra, Jeffery W. Currington, Satish V. Kamath, Pradeep P. Sanghvi, John R. Sisak, Michael G. Raiden