Patents by Inventor Helen M. Ranney

Helen M. Ranney 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).

  • Patent number: 5874481
    Abstract: A thermodynamically stable molecular solution providing enhanced bioavailability for lipophilic pharmaceutical agents, comprising a liquid carrier comprising one or more physiologically acceptable lipophilic fluorochemicals, and a pharmaceutically effective amount of at least one lipophilic pharmaceutical agent in said liquid carrier to form a thermodynamically stable molecular solution, optionally also including a co-solvent for facilitating solubilization of the pharmaceutical agent. Methods of making and using the molecular solution are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp.
    Inventors: Jeffry G. Weers, Luis A. Dellamary, Thomas E. Tarara, Leo A. Trevino, Helen M. Ranney
  • Patent number: 5667809
    Abstract: A method for preparing a pharmaceutical microdispersion exhibiting enhanced bioavailability, including the steps of providing a thermodynamically stable pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one lipophilic pharmaceutical agent incorporated in a physiologically acceptable liquid carrier, the liquid carrier comprising one or more lipophilic solvents such as fluorochemicals and preferably at least one nonfluorinated co-solvent, and combining the stable pharmaceutical composition with an amount of at least one miscible diluent sufficient to initiate phase separation of the lipophilic pharmaceutical agent from the pharmaceutical composition wherein a microdispersion of the pharmaceutical composition is formed. Also disclosed are microdisperse pharmaceutical compositions and kits for forming such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp.
    Inventors: Leo A. Trevino, Luis A. Dellamary, Thomas E. Tarara, Jeffry G. Weers, Helen M. Ranney