Patents Represented by Attorney Michael Rafa
  • Patent number: 7405210
    Abstract: Compounds represented by Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of glycogen phosphorylase and are useful in the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of diabetes, hyperglycemia, hypercholesterolemia, hyperinsulinemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, atherosclerosis or tissue ischemia e.g. myocardial ischemia, and as cardioprotectants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Edward Bradley, Thomas Martin Krulle, Peter John Murray, Martin James Procter, Robert John Rowley, Colin Peter Sambrook Smith, Gerard Hugh Thomas
  • Patent number: 5714160
    Abstract: A delivery system is disclosed for delivering a beneficial agent to an animal. The delivery system comprises a wall that surrounds a lumen, said wall comprising a composition that limits the passage of fluid into the system and a composition that permits the passage of fluid into the system. The lumen comprises a beneficial agent and an expandable member. The delivery system comprises an exit means for delivering the beneficial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: ALZA Corporation
    Inventors: Judy A. Magruder, James B. Eckenhoff, Richard Cortese, Jeremy C. Wright, John R. Peery