Patents by Inventor Hugh Tucker

Hugh Tucker 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).

  • Animal model for infant pathologies
    Patent number: 8835710
    Abstract: A method of providing an animal model for at least one infant pathology, including delivering an animal prior to full physical development; performing a surgical procedure on the animal to provided capacity for respiratory assistance and nutrition; exposing the animal to varying concentrations of oxygen; and optionally repeating the exposure of the animal to varying concentrations of oxygen until the desired condition develops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
    Inventors: Kristin Morris, Eduard Poels, Hugh Tucker, Peggy Robertson Borum
  • Animal Model For Infant Pathologies
    Publication number: 20100249037
    Abstract: A method of providing an animal model for at least one infant pathology, including delivering an animal prior to full physical development; performing a surgical procedure on the animal to provided capacity for respiratory assistance and nutrition; exposing the animal to varying concentrations of oxygen; and optionally repeating the exposure of the animal to varying concentrations of oxygen until the desired condition develops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Kristin Morris, Eduard Poels, Hugh Tucker
  • Materials and Methods for Treatment of Pathological Ocular Vascular Proliferation
    Publication number: 20090192226
    Abstract: The subject invention provides for the administration of docosahexaenoic acid in preventing pathological proliferation of blood vessels. The compositions of the subject invention are particularly advantageous because they are stable, bioavailable, and can be formulated in an aqueous solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Josef Neu, Maria B. Grant, Joshua Anthony, Kristin Morris, Eduard Poels, Deborah Schade, Hugh Tucker
  • Use of short chain fatty acid containing lipids to maintain gastrointestinal integrity and function in patients
    Patent number: 5919822
    Abstract: A method for the use of short chain fatty acids containing lipids in clinical nutrition to maintain gastrointestinal integrity and function in conditions where normal short chain fatty acid substrates, provided by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates, is inadequate due to the clinical condition of the patient. By providing the short chain fatty acid in a lipid form of free fatty acid, triglyceride, diglyceride, monoglyceride, phospholipid, or cholesterol ester one is able to avoid the clinical defect and allow the gastrointestinal tract to continue to maintain its integrity and function. The short chain fatty acids of the present invention can be provided either in enteral preparations or parenteral preparations.The short chain fatty acids can be provided by hydrolysis of a structure such as: ##STR1## wherein R--COO--, R'--COO--, and R"--COO-- represent either the same or different short chain fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Baxter International, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Cotter, Hugh Tucker