Patents by Inventor Dirk Weickmann

Dirk Weickmann 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).

  • Patent number: 8367119
    Abstract: The invention relates to the pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a brain tumor, which contains in an effective amount from pharmaceutical point of view Peptidtoxin from spiders, Sicarius species and/or the saliva of the vipers from the Elaphe species; and the total poison or part of the spiders poison from the Latrodectus species, as well as the use of the pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of the brain tumor, a process for producing the pharmaceutical composition as well as a kit of parts containing the pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: ABiTec Angewandte Bio-Technologie GbR
    Inventor: Dirk Weickmann
  • Publication number: 20110038846
    Abstract: The invention relates to the pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a brain tumor, which contains in an effective amount from pharmaceutical point of view Peptidtoxin from spiders, Sicarius species and/or the saliva of the vipers from the Elaphe species; and the total poison or part of the spiders poison from the Latrodectus species, as well as the use of the pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of the brain tumor, a process for producing the pharmaceutical composition as well as a kit of parts containing the pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventor: Dirk Weickmann
  • Publication number: 20090220478
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical active substance for treating tumors in the area of breast tissue (breast carcinoma) while using peptide toxin, a substance that acts in an antagonistic manner thereto, and/or a penetrating substance extracted from the venom of spiders of the family Lycosa tarantula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventor: Dirk Weickmann
  • Patent number: 6998389
    Abstract: The present invention describes pharmaceutically effective substances from the poison of spiders of the family of Sicariidae as well as their preparation and their use in medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Toximed GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Weickmann
  • Publication number: 20040013740
    Abstract: The invention describes dendritic cells loaded with toxic substances wherein the toxic substances are selected from the poison of scolopenders of the genera Scolopendra and Hemiscolopendra, snakes of the genera Bitis and Naja, spiders of the genera Loxosceles, Sicarius and Pholcus and Dysdera as well as scorpions of the genus Parabuthus and a combination of one or more of these toxins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: Dirk Weickmann
  • Publication number: 20040001806
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method for the preparation of dendritic cells wherein spinal cord stem cells grow in a nutrient medium in the presence of the growth factors GM-CSF and IL-4 and optionally in addition in the presence of the interleukin receptor sIL-4R until dendritic cells have formed. The thus prepared dendritic cells are preferably loaded with toxins, cytokins and/or cytokin receptors and are used in the treatment of tumor patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventor: Dirk Weickmann
  • Publication number: 20030175261
    Abstract: The present invention describes pharmaceutically effective substances from the poison of spiders of the family of Sicariidae as well as their preparation and their use in medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Dirk Weickmann