Patents by Inventor Andrea Rourke

Andrea Rourke 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).

  • IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORMULATIONS AND DOSAGE FORMS OF GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE
    Publication number: 20210093575
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid immediate release dosage form adapted for oral administration of GHB. The solid immediate release dosage form includes an immediate release formulation comprising a relatively high weight-percentage of GHB with a bioavailability similar to that of a liquid GHB dosage form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Andrea ROURKE, Maura Patricia MURPHY, James Frederick PFEIFFER, Clark Patrick ALLPHIN, Alya Khan McGINLAY
  • Immediate release dosage forms of sodium oxybate
    Patent number: 8771735
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition, presented as a solid unit dosage form adapted for oral administration of sodium oxybate. The preferred unit dosage form is a tablet comprising a relatively high weight-percentage of sodium oxybate, in combination with a relatively small weight-percentage of total excipients. This permits the tablets to contain/deliver a pharmaceutically effective amount, e.g., about 0.5-1.5 g of sodium oxybate in each tablet with a delivery profile similar to that of the liquid form. The tablets are bioequivalent to the liquid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Rourke, Clark Allphin, Maura Murphy
  • IMMEDIATE RELEASE DOSAGE FORMS OF SODIUM OXYBATE
    Publication number: 20100112056
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition, presented as a solid unit dosage form adapted for oral administration of sodium oxybate. The preferred unit dosage form is a tablet comprising a relatively high weight-percentage of sodium oxybate, in combination with a relatively small weight-percentage of total excipients. This permits the tablets to contain/deliver a pharmaceutically effective amount, e.g., about 0.5-1.5 g of sodium oxybate in each tablet with a delivery profile similar to that of the liquid form. The tablets are bioequivalent to the liquid form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Andrea Rourke, Clark Allphin, Maura Murphy
  • Systems and methods for treating packaged powders
    Publication number: 20010035184
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for conditioning packaged powders. According to one method, a receptacle is provided having an enclosed chamber that contains a powder. At least one pulse of energy is applied to the receptacle to increase the efficiency at which the powder may be extracted from the chamber when flowing a gas through the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Carlos Schuler, Steve Paboojian, Andrew Clark, Andrea Rourke, Joanne Curley, Don S. Minami, Derrick J. Tuttle