Patents by Inventor Geoffrey S. Pitt

Geoffrey S. Pitt 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).

  • Publication number: 20170065568
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods of modulating Cav1.2 channels and Cav1.2 channel activators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Geoffrey S. Pitt, Adam S. Barnett, Xinhe Yin
  • Publication number: 20150211066
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of identifying a subject as having an increased risk of sudden cardiac death or cardiac arrhythmia by detecting in the subject the presence of various polymorphisms associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death or cardiac arrhythmia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Geoffrey S. Pitt, Albert Y. Sun
  • Publication number: 20140274905
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods of modulating Cav1.2 channels and Cav1.2 channel activators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Duke University
    Inventors: Geoffrey S. Pitt, Adam S. Barnett, Xinhe Yin
  • Publication number: 20120164640
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of identifying a subject as having an increased risk of sudden cardiac death or cardiac arrhythmia by detecting in the subject the presence of various polymorphisms associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death or cardiac arrhythmia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Geoffrey S. Pitt, Albert Y. Sun
  • Publication number: 20090247535
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treating a non-cardiovascular disorder characterized by an abnormal persistent sodium current in a subject in need of treatment thereof, said method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I): wherein: m is 1 or 2; R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, CF3, CN, OR22, SR22, N(R22)2, S(=O)R22, SO2N(R22)2, C(?O)R22, alkylamido, alkyl, alkenyl, morpholino, and pyrrolyl, wherein the alkyl substituent is optionally substituted with one substituent selected from the group consisting of OR22, or R2 and R3 together or R4 and R5 together can be alkylene; R6, R7, and R8 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl; R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, and R16 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl, or wherein one or more of R9 and R10, R11 and R12, R13 and R14, and R15 and R16 are together ?O; R17, R18, R19, R20 and R21 are eac
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventor: Geoffrey S. Pitt