Patents by Inventor Bruce Firestone

Bruce Firestone 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).

  • Publication number: 20040254251
    Abstract: This invention relates to an oral dosage form containing between 1 mg and 100 mg of memantine, wherein said dosage form does not contain 10 mg of memantine or 20 mg of memantine, and wherein said dosage form is not prepared by the patient or a person administering the drug to the patient who divides the dosage form containing a larger dose of memantine. Other aspects of this invention relate to pharmaceutical products comprising said dosage forms and methods of administering memantine and treating disease with said dosage form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Firestone, J. Jacob Vander Zanden, Rodney J. Terwilliger, Janet K. Cheetham, Richard Kurjan, Teresa H. Kuan, Chin-Ming Chang, J. Abraham M. Espiritu
  • Publication number: 20040115257
    Abstract: A capsule system for oral delivery of an active agent having low aqueous solubility generally includes, in combination with the active agent, a vehicle for preventing initial active agent dissolution within the gastrointestinal tract and an emulsifier for promoting self-emulsification of the active agent and vehicle in the gastrointestinal tract. A capsule shell is provided for encapsulating the active agent, vehicle and emulsifier with the shell being formulated to open upon ingestion into the gastrointestinal tract and release the active agent and vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Bruce A. Firestone, Thao T. Tran
  • Patent number: 6656500
    Abstract: A capsule system for oral delivery of an active agent having low aqueous solubility generally includes, in combination with the active agent, a vehicle for preventing initial active agent dissolution within the gastrointestinal tract and an emulsifier for promoting self-emulsification of the active agent and vehicle in the gastrointestinal tract. A capsule shell is provided for encapsulating the active agent, vehicle and emulsifier with the shell being formulated to open upon ingestion into the gastrointestinal tract and release the active agent and vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Firestone, Thao T. Tran
  • Publication number: 20030113370
    Abstract: A method for enabling deliver of an active agent is provided which includes the preparation of doses of the active agent distributing educational materials and guidelines for counseling patients with regard to what the patients need to know and what the patients must do in order to both avoid adverse side effects while taking the dose and to receive prescriptions for the doses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Bruce A. Firestone, Thao Tran, Teresa G. Joshi
  • Publication number: 20010016206
    Abstract: A capsule system for oral delivery of an active agent having low aqueous solubility generally includes, in combination with the active agent, a vehicle for preventing initial active agent dissolution within the gastrointestinal tract and an emulsifier for promoting self-emulsification of the active agent and vehicle in the gastrointestinal tract. A capsule shell is provided for encapsulating the active agent, vehicle and emulsifier with the shell being formulated to open upon ingestion into the gastrointestinal tract and release the active agent and vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: Bruce A. Firestone, Thao T. Tran
  • Patent number: 6248354
    Abstract: A capsule system for oral delivery of an active agent having low aqueous solubility generally includes, in combination with the active agent, a vehicle for preventing initial active agent dissolution within the gastrointestinal tract and an emulsifier for promoting self-emulsification of the active agent and vehicle in the gastrointestinal tract. A capsule shell is provided for encapsulating the active agent, vehicle and emulsifier with the shell being formulated to open upon ingestion into the gastrointestinal tract and release the active agent and vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Allergan Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Firestone, Thao T. Tran
  • Patent number: 5799837
    Abstract: A packaged pharmaceutical product having extended shelf life includes a pharmaceutical preparation and a dispensing container. The container has a hollow body, having an open end therein, and is formed from a blend of low density polyethylene, having high permeability of label-related extractables, and a polypropylene, having low permeability of label-related extractables. A body wall thickness enables both drop-by-drop dispensing of the pharmaceutical preparation by manual squeezing of the body, and, in combination with the blend of polymers, prevents significant ingress of label-related extractables through the body wall upon storage of the container with the body filled with the pharmaceutical preparation. A dropper tip fixed to the body open end is provided for forming droplets of pharmaceutical preparation upon manual squeezing of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Allergan
    Inventors: Bruce A. Firestone, Ava Hayashi
  • Patent number: 5609273
    Abstract: A packaged pharmaceutical product having extended shelf life includes a pharmaceutical preparation comprising chlorobutanol and a dispensing container. The container has a hollow body, having an open end therein and is formed from a blend of low density polyethylene, having high chlorobutanol permeability, and a polypropylene, having low chlorobutanol permeability. A body wall thickness, enables both drop-by-drop dispensing of the pharmaceutical preparation by manual squeezing of the body, and, in combination with the blend of polymers, preventing significant loss of chlorobutanol through the body wall upon storage of the container with the body filled with the pharmaceutical preparation. A dropper tip fixed to the body open end is provided for forming droplets of pharmaceutical preparation upon manual squeezing of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Firestone, Matthew A. Dickason