Patents Represented by Law Firm Lappin & Kushmer LLP
  • Method of enhancing delivery of a pharmaceutical formulation
    Patent number: 5888530
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of enhancing the amount of a pharmaceutical composition delivered to a target tissue site in a mammal, by creating a transient differential between tile hydrostatic pressure in the target site and a region near the target tissue site whereby the composition is transported toward the site. An apparatus for performing the method is provided. In one form that apparatus includes a pharmaceutical reservoir, pump, and an agent reservoir and pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Paolo Netti, Rakesh K. Jain