Patents by Inventor Ian Martin Newington

Ian Martin Newington 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).

  • Publication number: 20150133663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making compounds having affinity for the 1 A subtype of the serotonin receptor, i.e. 5HT1A. The method of the present invention provides advantages over the known methods of synthesis. The compounds obtained by the method of the invention have use in therapeutic methods. The compounds of the invention may also optionally compose a moiety suitable for detection by an in vivo imaging procedure and as such these compounds have use in in vivo imaging methods. The compounds have particular use in the treatment and diagnosis of various neurological and/or psychiatric disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Radha Achanath, Jinto Jose, Chitralekha Rangaswamy, Subrata Mandal, Afsal Mohammed Kadivilpparampu Mohamed, Ian Martin Newington, Srinath Balaji
  • Publication number: 20150004100
    Abstract: Pyridazinone compounds of Formula I: (I) wherein: R? is alkyl or Ar, optionally substituted with at least one alkyl, halogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, acid, ester, amino, nitro, amide, or alkoxyhalo; 2 R is independently alkyi, alkynyl, ester, amino, amide, acid, aryl, heteroaryl, aminoalkyl, —C(=0)alkyl, —C(=0)aryl, —C(=0)heteroaryl, —C(=0)heterocycloalkyl, —C(=0)heterocycloalkylAr, —C(=0)(CH2)nhalo, —C(?O)(CH2)nheterocyclyl, or —SC?Ar, optionally substituted with at least one alkyi, alkylhalo, halogen, nitro, aryl, heteroaryl, or heteroaryl(CH2)nhalo; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, alkyi, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl; Ar is an aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl group; n is an integer from 0-10; or a radiolabeled derivative thereof. The compounds are useful as imaging probes of Tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease are described. Compositions and methods of making such compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: GE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Clare Jones, Matthias Eberhard Glaser, Duncan Wynn, James Nairne, Umamaheshwar P. Mokkapati, Ian Martin Newington, Chitralekha Rangswamy, Jinto Jose, Saga Johansson
  • Publication number: 20140140928
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound of formula (I) useful for in vivo imaging of 5-HT1 A receptors in a subject. Also provided by the present invention is a precursor compound useful in the preparation of the compound of the invention, as well as said method of preparation. The present invention additionally provides methods for the use of the compound of the invention in an in vivo imaging method, and use of that in vivo imaging method in diagnosis and therapy monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: GE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventor: Ian Martin Newington
  • Patent number: 8551449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds of the formula R—Y—X—Z—R where each R denotes a triiodinated phenyl residue further substituted by hydrophilic moieties, Y and Z are urea and urethane groups and X is a alkylene group which may be further substituted. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging, and to contrast media containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: GE Healthcare AS
    Inventors: Duncan George Wynn, Ian Martin Newington, Harry John Wadsworth
  • Patent number: 8475768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chelators, in particular to chelators which are capable of forming complexes, i.e. paramagnetic chelates, with paramagnetic metal ions. The invention also relates to said paramagnetic chelates, said paramagnetic chelates linked to other molecules and their use as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: GE Healthcare AS
    Inventors: Oskar Axelsson, Harry John Wadsworth, Ian Martin Newington, Dennis O'Shea
  • Publication number: 20130064770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to radiodiagnostic compounds, methods of making those compounds, and methods of use thereof as imaging agents for preferably a HA serotonin 5-HT1A receptor for use in PET or SPECT, preferably PET. Compositions comprising an imaging-effective amount of radiolabeled compounds are also disclosed. The present invention also relates to non-radiolabeled compounds, methods of making those compounds, and methods of use thereof to treat various neurological and/or psychiatric disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Martin Newington, Duncan George Wynn, Robert James Domett Nairne, Benedicte Guilbert, Subrata Mandal, Jinto Jose, Sunderaraman Varadarajan, Chitralekha Rangaswamy, Helen Betts, Rebecca Davis
  • Patent number: 8202511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging, and to contrast media containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: GE Healthcare AS
    Inventors: Ian Martin Newington, Duncan George Wynn, Veronique Morisson-Iveson, Joanna Marie Passmore
  • Patent number: 8158804
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chelating agents, in particular to chelating agents which are capable of forming complexes with paramagnetic metal ions such as iron (III) and gadolinium (III). The invention also relates to the complexes formed and their use as MRI contrast agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: GE Healthcare AS
    Inventors: Harry John Wadsworth, Ian Martin Newington, Clare L. Jones, Amanda Ewan, Dennis O'Shea
  • Patent number: 8066974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing an aliphatic central moiety containing urea or urethane functions allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: GE Healthcare AS
    Inventors: Duncan Wynn, Harry John Wadsworth, Ian Martin Newington
  • Publication number: 20110200536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chelators, in particular to chelators which are capable of forming complexes, i.e. paramagnetic chelates, with paramagnetic metal ions. The invention also relates to said paramagnetic chelates, said paramagnetic chelates linked to other molecules and their use as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Harry John Wadsworth, Ian Martin Newington, Dennis O'shea
  • Publication number: 20110110865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chelators, in particular to chelators which are capable of forming complexes, i.e. paramagnetic chelates, with paramagnetic metal ions. The invention also relates to said paramagnetic chelates, said paramagnetic chelates linked to other molecules and their use as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Oskar Axelsson, Horry John Wadsworth, Ian Martin Newington, Dennis O'Shea
  • Publication number: 20100260685
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds of the formula R—Y—X—Z—R where each R denotes a triiodinated phenyl residue further substituted by hydrophilic moieties, Y and Z are urea and urethane groups and X is a alkylene group which may be further substituted. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging, and to contrast media containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Duncan George Wynn, Ian Martin Newington, Harry John Wadsworth
  • Publication number: 20100221189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Ian Martin Newington, Duncan George Wynn, Veronique Morisson-Iveson, Joanna Marie Passmore
  • Publication number: 20100221191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing two linked iodinated phenyl groups of the general formula wherein each R1 independently are the same or different and denotes a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C4 straight of branched alkyl group; each R2 independently are the same or different and denotes a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C4 straight of branched alkyl group; and each R3, R4 and R5 independently are the same or different and denote C1 to C6 straight of branched alkyl moieties substituted by 1 to 6 —OH groups. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging, and to contrast media containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Duncan George Wynn, Ian Martin Newington, Hanno Priebe
  • Publication number: 20100189656
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing a triamine alkyl central moiety allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Lars-Goran Wistrand, Duncan George Wynn, Ian Martin Newington, Veronique Morisson-Iveson
  • Publication number: 20100183522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing a tris(aminoalkyl)amine group allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Lars-Goran Wistrand, Duncan George Wynn, Ian Martin Newington
  • Publication number: 20100056787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chelating agents, in particular to chelating agents which are capable of forming complexes with paramagnetic metal ions such as iron (III) and gadolinium (III). The invention also relates to the complexes formed and their use as MRI contrast agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: GE Healthcare AS
    Inventors: Harry John Wadsworth, Ian Martin Newington, Clare L. Jones, Amanda Ewan, Dennis O'Sheo
  • Publication number: 20100008864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) and (II), compositions comprising compounds of formula (II) and their use as contrast agents in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (MRI) and MR spectroscopy (MRS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Meijer, Harry John Wadsworth, Ian Martin Newington, Clare L. Jones, Amanda Ewan, Dennis O'Shea, Oskar Axelsson, Anders Brathe, Andreas Olsson, John Henrik Johansen, Duncan George Wynn
  • Publication number: 20090136425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing an aliphatic central moiety containing urea or urethane functions allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Duncan Wynn, Harry John Wadsworth, Ian Martin Newington