Patents by Inventor Frits Michiels

Frits Michiels 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).

  • METHODS AND MEANS FOR TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS
    Publication number: 20140107181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to in vivo and in vitro methods, agents and compound screening assays for inducing anabolic stimulation of chondrocytes, including cartilage formation enhancing pharmaceutical compositions, and the use thereof in treating and/or preventing a disease involving a systemic or local decrease in mean cartilage thickness in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: GALAPAGOS N.V.
    Inventors: Nick Vandeghinste, Peter Herwig Maria Tomme, Frits Michiels, Libin Ma, Blandine Mille-Baker, Helmuth H.G. van Es
  • Method and means for treatment of osteoarthritis
    Patent number: 8574857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to in vivo and in vitro methods, agents and compound screening assays for inducing anabolic stimulation of chondrocytes, including cartilage formation enhancing pharmaceutical compositions, and the use thereof in treating and/or preventing a disease involving a systemic or local decrease in mean cartilage thickness in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Galapagos N.V.
    Inventors: Nick Vandeghinste, Peter Herwig Maria Tomme, Frits Michiels, Libin Ma, Blandine Mille-Baker, Helmuth G. G. van Es
  • METHOD AND MEANS FOR TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS
    Publication number: 20120190727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to in vivo and in vitro methods, agents and compound screening assays for inducing anabolic stimulation of chondrocytes, including cartilage formation enhancing pharmaceutical compositions, and the use thereof in treating and/or preventing a disease involving a systemic or local decrease in mean cartilage thickness in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Nick Vandeghinste, Peter Herwig Maria Tomme, Frits Michiels, Libin Ma, Blandine Mille-Baker, Helmuth H.G. van Es
  • METHOD AND MEANS FOR TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS
    Publication number: 20100087514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to in vivo and in vitro methods, agents and compound screening assays for inducing anabolic stimulation of chondrocytes, including cartilage formation enhancing pharmaceutical compositions, and the use thereof in treating and/or preventing a disease involving a systemic or local decrease in mean cartilage thickness in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Galapagos BV
    Inventors: Nick Vandeghinste, Peter Herwig Maria Tomme, Frits Michiels, Libin Ma, Blandine Mille-Baker, Helmuth H.G. van Es
  • Method and means for treatment of osteoarthritis
    Publication number: 20070004658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to in vivo and in vitro methods, agents and compound screening assays for inducing anabolic stimulation of chondrocytes, including cartilage formation enhancing pharmaceutical compositions, and the use thereof in treating and/or preventing a disease involving a systemic or local decrease in mean cartilage thickness in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Nick Vandeghinste, Peter Tomme, Frits Michiels, Libin Ma, Blandine Mille-Baker, Helmuth van Es