Patents by Inventor Alan Hofmann

Alan Hofmann 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).

  • Use of 24-nor-UDCA
    Patent number: 8951995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of nor-ursodeoxycholic acid for the manufacture of a drug for the treatment and/or the prevention of liver diseases, preferably chronic liver diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Medizinische Universitat Graz
    Inventors: Michael Trauner, Alan Hofmann, Peter Fickert
  • RADIOLABELED BILE ACIDS AND BILE ACID DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20150017093
    Abstract: The present invention relates in one aspect to radiolabeled compounds comprising the structure of Formula 1. The radiolabeled compounds are preferably bile acids or bile acid derivatives. Further aspects of the invention relates to use of the compounds comprising the structure of Formula 1 in imaging methods such as for example PET, imaging method using a compound comprising the structure of Formula 1, administering said compound to an individual and making a radiographic image of a region of interest from said individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicants: Aarhus Universitet, Region Midtjylland
    Inventors: Susanne Keiding, Peter Ott, Michael Sorensen, Kim Frisch, Alan Hofmann
  • Use of 24-nor-UDCA
    Publication number: 20090163459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of nor-ursodeoxycholic acid for the manufacture of a drug for the treatment and/or the prevention of liver diseases, preferably chronic liver diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAT GRAZ
    Inventors: Michael Trauner, Alan Hofmann, Peter Fickert