Patents by Inventor Gordon A. A. Ferns

Gordon A. A. Ferns 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).

  • Tissue repair
    Patent number: 11596668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) activator, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, for use in promoting tissue repair. The HIF activator, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, is for use with a prototypical tissue-protective cytokine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, which is administered exogenously to the body being treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: The University of Sussex
    Inventors: Gordon Ferns, Lamia Heikal, Pietro Ghezzi
  • TISSUE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20210162008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) activator, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, for use in promoting tissue repair. The HIF activator, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, is for use with a prototypical tissue-protective cytokine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, which is administered exogenously to the body being treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Gordon Ferns, Lamia Heikal, Pietro Ghezzi
  • Inhibition of vascular stenosis
    Patent number: 5648076
    Abstract: Methods for inhibiting vascular stenosis in a mammal, including restenosis following surgical removal of atherosclerotic plaques. Inhibition is achieved through the administration of anti-growth factor antibodies, including anti-FGF antibodies and anti-PDGF antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Board of Regents of University of Washington
    Inventors: Russell Ross, Michael A. Reidy, Elaine W. Raines, Volkhard Lindner, Gordon A. A. Ferns