Patents by Inventor Donna T. Whiteford

Donna T. Whiteford 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).

  • Patient oriented point of care system and method
    Patent number: 7490049
    Abstract: Computer-assisted methods, systems and mediums for providing, to a physician, information relating to a patient. One embodiment of the present invention is a method that comprises the steps of collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient and a prescription purchase history, storing the prescription history and prescription purchase history of the patient into a database, and accessing, by the patient, the database for the stored prescription history and prescription purchase history of the patient. The prescription purchase history includes information relating to one or more prescription purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescriptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Michael Miller, Mark J. Halloran, Lynn A. Petersen, Donna T. Whiteford, Dorian King-Cheung Lo, Patrice Bavaro, Anthony J. Schueth
  • Patient oriented point of care system and method implementing same
    Publication number: 20030187690
    Abstract: Computer-assisted methods, systems and mediums for providing, to a physician, information relating to a patient. One embodiment of the present invention is a method that comprises the steps of collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient and a prescription purchase history, storing the prescription history and prescription purchase history of the patient into a database, and accessing, by the patient, the database for the stored prescription history and prescription purchase history of the patient. The prescription purchase history includes information relating to one or more prescription purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescriptions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Ian Michael Miller, Mark J. Halloran, Lynn A. Petersen, Donna T. Whiteford, Dorian King-Cheung Lo, Patrice Bavaro, Anthony J. Schueth
  • Bishphosphonate/estrogen synergistic therapy for treating and preventing bone loss
    Patent number: 6399592
    Abstract: Disclosed is a combination therapy for treating and for preventing bone loss by the use of estrogen and a bisphosphonate selected from: alendronate, clodronate, tiludronate, YM175, BM 210995, or mixture thereof. Also described is a pharmaceutical composition of the above for carrying out the therapeutic method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Donna T. Whiteford
  • Oral liquid alendronate formulations
    Patent number: 5462932
    Abstract: Disclosed is a therapy protocol for treating and for preventing bone loss in patients who have difficulty in swallowing by administering a liquid formulation of alendronate which can be easily swallowed. Also described are pharmaceutical dosage forms of a syrup, aqueous solution, a solution formed from a reconstituted powder, of alendronate, for carrying out the therapeutic method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald S. Brenner, Ashok V. Katdare, Denise Pretzer, Donna T. Whiteford