Patents by Inventor Franck Jean-Claude Touraud

Franck Jean-Claude Touraud 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).

  • Sustained release ionic conjugate
    Patent number: 7179490
    Abstract: A method of spherifying a sustained release ionic conjugate which contains a free carboxyl group-containing biodegradable polymer and a free amino group-containing drug which are ionically bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Ipsen Manufacturing Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Francis Xavier Ignatious, Thomas Ciaran Loughman, Shalaby Wahba Shalaby, Franck Jean-Claude Touraud
  • Sustained release ionic conjugate
    Patent number: 7026431
    Abstract: A method of spherifying a sustained release ionic conjugate which contains a free carboxyl group-containing biodegradable polymer and a free amino group-containing drug which are ionically bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Ipsen Manufacturing Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Francis Xavier Ignatious, Thomas Ciaran Loughman, Shalaby Wahba Shalaby, Franck Jean-Claude Touraud
  • Sustained release ionic conjugate
    Patent number: 6911218
    Abstract: A method of spherifying a sustained release ionic conjugate which contains a free carboxyl group-containing biodegradable polymer and a free amino group-containing drug which are ionically bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Ipsen Manufacturing Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Francis Xavier Ignatious, Thomas Ciaran Loughman, Shalaby Wahba Shalaby, Franck Jean-Claude Touraud
  • SUSTAINED RELEASE IONIC CONJUGATE
    Publication number: 20020041893
    Abstract: A method of spherifying a sustained release ionic conjugate which contains a free carboxyl group-containing biodegradable polymer and a free amino group-containing drug which are ionically bonded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: FRANCIS XAVIER IGNATIOUS, THOMAS CIARAN LOUGHMAN, SHALABY WAHBA SHALABY, FRANCK-JEAN-CLAUDE TOURAUD
  • Acidic polylactic polymers
    Patent number: 6111033
    Abstract: A biodegradable polyester prepared from lactic acid, and, optionally, other hydroxy acid or acids. The polyester contains 4-100 carboxyl groups and has an average molecular weight of 1,000 to 200,000 g/mol. Also disclosed are methods of making such polyesters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Kinerton, Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Ciaran Loughman, Ruth Mary Russell, Franck Jean-Claude Touraud