Patents by Inventor James G. Shepherd

James G. Shepherd 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).

  • Phototherapy methods using fluorescent UV light
    Patent number: 8647373
    Abstract: Vitamin D is supplemented in a human body by exposure of skin to light from a fluorescent lamp at a sub-erythemal dose of UV radiation. Wave lengths, emitted light intensities and repeat treatments without lamp refractory time are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventors: James G. Shepherd, John C. Dowdy, Robert M. Sayre
  • Medical uses of ultraviolet light
    Patent number: 7297155
    Abstract: A method of treating a patient having a condition selected from the group including hypertension, hypertensive crises, angina pectoris, chronic arthritis, erectile dysfunction, cerebral ischemia and chronic skin ulcers comprising the step of administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount or dose, or series of amounts or doses, of ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Inventors: E. William Rosenberg, Karl T. Weber, Robert M. Sayre, John C. Dowdy, James G. Shepherd