Patents by Inventor Hans R. Figulla

Hans R. Figulla 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 local antibiotic treatment of infective endocarditis
    Patent number: 11759460
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing endocarditis in a human patient in need of therapy is disclosed. The method comprises identifying a patient inflicted with or being at risk of contracting Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, or Enterococcus faecium; and locally delivering to or in the vicinity of a heart valve a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of rifampicin, daptomycin, dalbavancin, vancomycin, or gentamycin, or a combination of rifampicin, daptomycin, dalbavancin, vancomycin, and gentamycin. The method comprises treatment or prevention of a bacterial biofilms on the endocardium caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, or Enterococcus faecium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DEVIE MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Raphael A. Seidel, Hans R. Figulla, Kristina M. Tramm
  • METHOD OF TREATMENT FOR INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
    Publication number: 20220047584
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing endocarditis in a human patient in need of therapy is disclosed. The method comprises identifying a patient inflicted with or being at risk of contracting Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, or Enterococcus faecium; and locally delivering to or in the vicinity of a heart valve a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of rifampicin, daptomycin, dalbavancin, vancomycin, or gentamycin, or a combination of rifampicin, daptomycin, dalbavancin, vancomycin, and gentamycin. The method comprises treatment or prevention of a bacterial biofilms on the endocardium caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, or Enterococcus faecium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Raphael A. Seidel, Hans R. Figulla, Kristina M. Tramm