Patents by Inventor Charles B. Nemeroff

Charles B. Nemeroff 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).

  • Method of assessing antidepressant drug therapy via transport inhibition of monoamine neurotransmitters
    Patent number: 7148027
    Abstract: A method of measuring the individual response to antidepressant drug therapy on the transport inhibition of monoamine neurotransmitters involves in vitro monitoring of radiolabeled monoamine neurotransmitter transport into cells transfected with transport proteins similar to those on neural cells of the individual being studied. The transport occurs in unbuffered serum of the individual who is undergoing or will later undergo pharmaceutical treatment for depression or other neuropsychiatric disorders. The use of buffers is avoided so that the sensitive balance of bound/free drug within the individuals serum is not disrupted prior to or during testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Michael J. Owens, Charles B. Nemeroff
  • Method fo assessing antidepressant drug therapy via transport inhibition of monoamine neurotransmitters
    Publication number: 20040166535
    Abstract: A method of measuring the individual response to antidepressant drug therapy on the transport inhibition of monoamine neurotransmitters involves in vitro monitoring of radiolabeled monoamine neurotransmitter transport into cells transfected with transport proteins similar to those on neural cells of the individual being studied. The transport occurs in unbuffered serum of the individual who is undergoing or will later undergo pharmaceutical treatment for depression or other neuropsychiatric disorders. The use of buffers is avoided so that the sensitive balance of bound/free drug within the individuals serum is not disrupted prior to or during testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Emory University
    Inventors: Michael J. Owens, Charles B. Nemeroff
  • Method and devices for transdermal delivery of lithium
    Publication number: 20020160056
    Abstract: A method and device for treating acute mania or bipolar disorder is disclosed, by transdermal delivery of Li+ at substantially constant rate through the skin via a dermal patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Charles B. Nemeroff, Clinton D. Kilts
  • Method and devices for transdermal delivery of lithium
    Patent number: 6375990
    Abstract: A method and device for treating acute mania or bipolar disorder is disclosed, by transdermal delivery of Li+ at substantially constant rate through the skin via a dermal patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Charles B. Nemeroff, Clinton D. Kilts