Patents Examined by Danah Al-Awadi
  • Patent number: 9949944
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to drug eluting devices, and their uses. The drug eluting devices can allow for perfusion during deployment. The coatings the may contain bioactive materials which elute once deployed in a patient and can have anti-proliferative, anti-inflammation, or anti-thrombotic effects. Sol gel technology can be used to coat the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: CELONOVA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Klein, John Birtles, John Koos, Michael J. Lee
  • Patent number: 9950007
    Abstract: A method of treating a subject with elevated levels of peroxynitrite includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of cerium oxide nanoparticles to the subject, wherein the cerium oxide nanoparticles reduce the level of peroxynitrite in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Self, Ella Bossy-Wetzel, Sudipta Seal, Janet Dowding
  • Patent number: 9943601
    Abstract: The invention provides stabilized aqueous pharmaceutical etanercept compositions suitable for long-term storage of etanercept, methods of manufacture of these compositions, methods of administration, and kits containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Coherus Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Manning, Brian Murphy
  • Patent number: 9943543
    Abstract: A profertility composition for administration to infertile men with sperm oxidative stress is disclosed. The composition comprises a unique combination of a pharmaceutically acceptable vitamin E, vitamin C, selenium, zinc, folic acid, lycopene and at least one carnitine source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Inventor: Parviz Gharagozloo
  • Patent number: 9943471
    Abstract: A method for improving skin scar color matching, for example reducing scar hyperpigmentation, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent, which positively modulates ?2-adrenergic receptor conformation, or receptor activity, or activation thereof, to a subject in need thereof. The subject typically is in need of improving skin scar color matching, for example reducing scar hyperpigmentation, because the subject has or is at risk of hyperpigmentation. The subject typically is selected as being at risk of hyperpigmentation on the basis of one or more of the following factors: ? the subject has previously developed hyperpigmentation of a scar ? the subject tans readily on exposure to sunshine or ultraviolet (UV) radiation, rather than burning ? the subject has a non-Caucasian racial origin ? the subject's skin color (for example in an area that is not tanned) is considered to be darker than that typical of a naturally fair-haired Caucasian person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
    Inventor: Christine Elaine Pullar
  • Patent number: 9931299
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are inventive stable homogenized biomass hetero-colloids, their production and uses. Such biomass hetero-colloids comprise biomass derived solid particle colloid matter and at least 15% (w/w) biomass derived soluble colloid matter. The novel biomass hetero-colloids provide an inventive approach for the application of biologically active compounds. Bio-actives are made available in an innovative form involving low intervention processing and enhancing the biological availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Inventor: Othmar Kaeppeli
  • Patent number: 9901552
    Abstract: Compositions for the transdermal delivery of amphetamine in a flexible, finite form are described. The compositions comprise a polymer matrix that includes amphetamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof and a backing layer comprising a polyurethane film layer and a polyester film layer, with a polyurethane adhesive disposed therebetween. Related methods also are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: NOVEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert L. Lambert
  • Patent number: 9895468
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of immobilizing an active agent to a substrate surface, including the steps of, depositing a primer compound on a substrate, thereby forming a primed substrate, contacting the primed substrate with a solution of a compound including a trihydroxyphenyl group, thereby forming a trihydroxyphenyl-treated primed substrate, and contacting the trihydroxyphenyl-treated primed substrate with a solution of an active agent, thereby immobilizing the active agent on the substrate. Further provided are methods of immobilizing an active agent on a substrate, including the steps of providing a substrate, combining a solution of a compound including a trihydroxyphenyl group with a solution of an active agent, thereby forming a solution of an active agent-trihydroxyphenyl conjugate, and contacting the primed substrate with the solution of the active agent-trihydroxyphenyl conjugate, thereby immobilizing the active agent on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ton That Hai, John-Bruce Devault Green, Timothy Michael Fulghum, Phillip Byron Messersmith, Tadas Stanislovas Sileika
  • Patent number: 9877984
    Abstract: Methods for treating, adhering, or sealing biological tissue are provided. The methods include combining solutions containing a polymer component and a dendrimer component capable of reacting with each other, and at least one of the components includes a substituent capable of photoreversible dimerization that can be reversibly dimerized. Drug delivery compositions and kits containing these two components also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Natalie Artzi, Elazer R. Edelman, Regina Kelmansky, Marc Mier Cervantes
  • Patent number: 9867880
    Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to materials, gels, coatings and films prepared using a biomaterial (e.g., a fatty acid-based material comprising a network of cross-linked fatty acids) and a fixating material, layer or film (e.g., a fixating material comprising Na—CMC). The materials, gels, coatings and films disclosed herein can be used to facilitate the delivery of one or more therapeutic agents to a targeted tissue and a desired rate of release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Atrium Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Keith M. Faucher, Suzanne Conroy, Theresa K. Albergo, Joseph Bienkiewicz
  • Patent number: 9867829
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable pharmaceutical composition comprising amorphous or crystalline linagliptin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of linagliptin, mannitol, copovidone, and magnesium stearate, processes for preparing the stable pharmaceutical composition, and a container comprising the stable pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SANDOZ AG
    Inventors: Franz X. Schwarz, Georg Anker, Johann Bacher, Andreas Hotter
  • Patent number: 9849079
    Abstract: A medicinal skin protection composition is disclosed with an active ingredient combination that specifically serves to care for aging skin that is exposed to difficult environmental conditions. The active ingredient combination obligatorily includes the components almond oil, linseed oil fatty acids, amino acids, and creatine. The medicinal skin protection composition can be used for aging skin in the form of creams, lotions etc., and also for a variety of incontinence articles, such as sanitary towels or nappies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: Paul Hartmann AG, Evonik Industrie AG
    Inventors: Hans Smola, Marina Kagan-Hoper, Thomas Mangen, Petra Allef, Eckhard Heisler
  • Patent number: 9839619
    Abstract: The invention relates to dosage forms that provide prolonged therapy. In particular, the invention relates to dosage forms including various pluralities of drug-containing resin particles. The invention also relates to methods of making these dosage forms and methods of treating using these dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: NEOS THERAPEUTICS, LP
    Inventors: Mark Tengler, Russell McMahen
  • Patent number: 9814681
    Abstract: In a delayed release formulation comprising a core containing a drug and a delayed release coating for providing intestinal release, release of the drug in the colon is accelerated by including an isolation layer between the core and the delayed release coating. The delayed release coating comprises an inner layer and an outer layer. The outer layer comprises a pH dependently soluble polymeric material which has a pH threshold at about pH 5 or above. The inner layer comprises a soluble polymeric material which is soluble in intestinal fluid or gastrointestinal fluid, said soluble polymeric material being selected from the group consisting of a polycarboxylic acid polymer that is at least partially neutralised, and a non-ionic polymer, provided that, where said soluble polymeric material is a non-ionic polymer, said inner layer comprises at least one additive selected from a buffer agent and a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Tillotts Pharma AG
    Inventors: Felipe José Oliveira Varum, Roberto Carlos Bravo González, Thomas Buser
  • Patent number: 9801899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil-in-water emulsion comprising at least one mucomimetic polymer, at least one lipid of phospholipid type, at least one lipid other than the phospholipid, at least one stabilizing polymer, and a hydrophilic liquid, to an emulsion comprising an aqueous phase that contains at least one stabilizing polymer and at least one mucomimetic polymer, and an oily phase that contains at least one lipid of phospholipid type and a lipid other than the phospholipid, to a medicament comprising one of these emulsions, and to the use of one of these emulsions as an agent for restoring and/or replacing the lachrimal film or as a carrier for an active compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Horus Pharma
    Inventors: Claude Claret, Martine Claret, Carole Gard, Nicola Lamprecht-Weissenborn
  • Patent number: 9801855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparation of discrete particles of nanocrystalline solid dispersion, wherein said discrete particle comprises crystals of said active ingredient(s) in the matrix of the said crystallization inducer(s) and/or coexisting with crystals of crystallization inducer(s), optionally along with pharmaceutically acceptable excipient(s). An active ingredient and crystallization inducer is dissolved in a solvent or solvent mixture and then dried to obtain discrete particles of 0.5 to 20 micron size. Each particle consists of crystals of active ingredient in the range of 10-1000 nm dispersed in the matrix of crystallization inducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (NIPER)
    Inventors: Arvind Kumar Bansal, Ajay Kumar Raju Dantuluri, Shete Ganesh Bhaskarao, Pawar Yogesh Bapurao
  • Patent number: 9795141
    Abstract: Described are antimicrobial polymer products made from mixtures of antimicrobial organometallic additives dispersed throughout a polymer host matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: DMR International, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Chason, Daniel Roman Gamota, Rick Latella
  • Patent number: 9789222
    Abstract: Described herein are injectable alloplastic implant compositions that are particularly useful for soft tissue defect augmentation. The compositions include microparticles, such as polymethylmethacrylate particles, and collagen as a suspending agent, wherein the collagen contains a reduced amount of low molecular weight gelatine compared to high molecular weight collagen. By controlling the molecular weight of the collagen in the compositions, the injectability, stability, and antigenicity of the alloplastic implant compositions can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SUNEVA MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventor: Louis Masi
  • Patent number: 9789055
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid lipstick composition comprising at least one polypropyl silsesquioxane film forming resin, at least one silicone acrylate copolymer, at least one volatile hydrocarbon solvent, and at least one wax, wherein the ratio of the silicone acrylate copolymer to the polypropyl silsesquioxane resin is from about 1:1 to about 1:4, said composition preferably having a hardness of at least 40 gf for an 8.1 mm diameter stick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Hy Si Bui, Rita Jaky El-Khouri
  • Patent number: 9775340
    Abstract: The present invention provides a formulation characterized by the simultaneous presence in cyclodextrin based supramolecular complexes, of two components, one of which possesses insecticidal, acaricidal, fungicidal, snailcidal or vermicidal activity and the other possesses an activity synergistic with the first, enhancing its effectiveness. The biologically active substance is chosen from the following classes of chemical products: carbamates, organophosphates, thioureas, pentatomic or hexatomic heterocycles in which 1, 2 or 3 nitrogen atoms are present. The synergistic substance can be chosen from components containing at least one aromatic or non aromatic carbocyclic ring, such as piperonyl butoxide, sesamol, verbutin or MGK 264. For the same dose, the activity of the present formulations is greater than that of the mixture of the two active components alone or separately complexed with cyclodextrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ENDURA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Oreste Piccolo, Valerio Borzatta, Giovanna Delogu, Elisa Capparella, Cristina de Candia, Carlotta Gobbi, Giovanna di Blasi