Patents by Inventor Duncan J. Rowley

Duncan J. Rowley 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).

  • Relating to socks
    Patent number: 8075507
    Abstract: A sock suitable for wearing on a limb of a patient, the sock comprising material having the ability to wick moisture away from the skin surface and the sock comprising padding located in those areas of the sock which in use will cover the ankle and shin of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: ConvTec Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick G. Linnane, Paul Hanmer, David G. Wild, Duncan J. Rowley, Ian S. Tabron, Wayne L. Bonnefin, Simon M. Adams
  • Moistureless oral drug delivery formulation and method for preparing same
    Patent number: 4867970
    Abstract: Oral drug delivery systems are provided formed of compositions which include one or more hydrocolloids solids, such as gelatin, pectin, and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, and preferably mixtures thereof, which solids contain less than about 5% by weight moisture and preferably comprise less than about 50% by weight of the total formulation; and an ointment base such as mineral oil containing dispersed polyethylene (Plastibase). Such oral drug delivery compositions may be used to deliver to the oral mucosa active ingredients such as steroids, anti-fungal agents, anti-bacterial agents and the like and do not harden even upon prolonged storage or upon filling into containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
    Inventors: E. A. Newsham, Jeffrey W. Forrester, Duncan J. Rowley