Patents by Inventor Ian R. Garrett

Ian R. Garrett 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).

  • Hmg-Co-a Reductase Inhibitor Enhancement of Bone and Cartilage
    Publication number: 20090181098
    Abstract: Methods of enhancing skeletal framework tissue are provided by treating a site requiring enhancement with an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor at a dosage and for a duration that enhances the tissue while avoiding excess of the inhibitor and degradation of the enhancement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: OsteoScreen IP, LLC
    Inventors: Ian R Garrett, Gloria Gutierrez, Gianni Rossini, Samuel P. Sawan, Gregory R. Mundy
  • Process of purifying antler-derived bone growth factors
    Patent number: 5408041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of bone growth factors as therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of pathological conditions involving bone tissue. The present invention provides biologically active proteinaceous factors comprising polypeptides containing the amino acid sequence M-A-G-L-G-D-E-F-G-D, [SEQ ID NO: 1], (X) F E T L F G A/V E D V I/D A L Q F V C G D, [SEQ ID NO: 2], or A-Y-I-P-I-E-T-L-E-G-I/G-E-L-V-D/Q-T-G/L-Q-F, [SEQ ID NO: 3], or biologically active fragments or sequence analogues thereof. Among the biological properties of the proteinaceous materials of the present invention is the capability to promote the growth and/or differentiation of osteoblastic cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignees: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals Inc., OsteoSA Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory R. Mundy, Gloria E. Gutierrez, Ian R. Garrett, Massimo Sabatini, Elzbieta Izbicka, Wilson Burgess, Gregg R. Crumley, Clarence C. Morse, Timothy R. Arnett