Patents by Inventor Gregory H. Gaich

Gregory H. Gaich 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).

  • Method of increasing bone toughness and stiffness and reducing fractures
    Publication number: 20040033950
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for increasing the toughness and/or stiffness of bone and/or reducing the likelihood and/or severity of bone fracture by administering a parathyroid hormone. The method can be employed to increase toughness or stiffness of bone at a site of a potential or actual trauma, such as the hip or spine of a person at risk of or suffering from osteoporosis. The method of the invention can reduce the incidence of vertebral fracture, reduce the incidence of multiple vertebral fractures, reduce the severity of vertebral fracture, and/or reduce the incidence of non-vertebral fracture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Janet M. Hock, Gregory H. Gaich, Willard H. Dere