Patents by Inventor Samuel A. Morley

Samuel A. Morley 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).

  • Method of Treatment
    Publication number: 20070270352
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method for preventing, inhibiting or otherwise reducing cell death. More particularly, the present invention contemplates a method for preventing, inhibiting or otherwise reducing neuronal cell death such as during neurodegenerative disease or following trauma The method of the present invention is generally practiced by the administration to a mammalian including a human subject, of an effective amount of an agent which blocks, retards or otherwise impairs ions from entering or passing through an ion channel. In one particular embodiment, the ion channel is a potassium (K) ion (K+) channel. The present invention further provides compositions comprising ion channel blockers and in particular K+ channel blockers. The compositions may also comprise other therapeutic agents such as agents which reduce levels of, or the activity of, a neurotrophin receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Perry Bartlett, Elizabeth Coulson, Samuel Morley, Sarah Hulett
  • Analyte monitoring device alarm augmentation system
    Patent number: 6553244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for augmenting an alarm signal generated by an analyte monitoring device, e.g., the GlucoWatch® (Cygnus, Inc., Redwood City, Calif.) biographer glucose monitoring device, for improving the alarm signal's effectiveness in alerting the user, and/or for communicating the signal to a person or person(s) other than the user, or to a trained assistance animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Cygnus, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Lesho, Samuel A. Morley, Jr.
  • Analyte monitoring device alarm augmentation system
    Publication number: 20020065453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for augmenting an alarm signal generated by an analyte monitoring device, e.g., the GlucoWatch® (Cygnus, Inc., Redwood City, Calif.) biographer glucose monitoring device, for improving the alarm signal's effectiveness in alerting the user, and/or for communicating the signal to a person or person(s) other than the user, or to a trained assistance animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Matthew J. Lesho, Samuel A. Morley