Patents by Inventor James M. Clevenger

James M. Clevenger 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: 9730896
    Abstract: A tablet that rapidly disintegrates in the oral cavity comprising a compressed blend of rapidly dispersing microgranules prepared by granulating a sugar alcohol or a saccharide or a mixture thereof having an average particle size less than about 30 microns and a disintegrant, and a taste-masked microcapsule containing at least one drag, the microcapsule being prepared by granulating a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation comprising at least one drug in a therapeutically effective amount and at least one polymeric binder that improves resilience of the microgranules, wet milling the granulated mass, and microencapsulating the milled granules to provide microcapsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: ADARE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Gopi M Venkatesh, Ken Kangyi Qian, Shyam Vangala, James M Clevenger, Donald Guenther
  • Publication number: 20160361274
    Abstract: A unit dosage form, such as a capsule or the like, for delivering a skeletal muscle relaxant, such as cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride, into the body in an extended or sustained release fashion comprising one or more populations of drug-containing particles (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) is disclosed. At least one bead population exhibits a pre-designed sustained release profile. Such a drug delivery system is designed for once—daily oral administration to maintain an adequate plasma concentration—time profile, thereby providing relief of muscle spasm associated with painful musculoskeletal conditions over a 24 hour period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Gopi M. VENKATESH, James M. CLEVENGER
  • Patent number: 9399025
    Abstract: A unit dosage form, such as a capsule or the like, for delivering a skeletal muscle relaxant, such as cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride, into the body in an extended or sustained release fashion comprising one or more populations of drug-containing particles (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) is disclosed. At least one bead population exhibits a pre-designed sustained release profile. Such a drug delivery system is designed for once-daily oral administration to maintain an adequate plasma concentration—time profile, thereby providing relief of muscle spasm associated with painful musculoskeletal conditions over a 24 hour period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: ADARE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
  • Patent number: 9375410
    Abstract: A unit dosage form, such as a capsule or the like, for delivering a skeletal muscle relaxant, such as cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride, into the body in an extended or sustained release fashion comprising one or more populations of drug-containing particles (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) is disclosed. At least one bead population exhibits a pre-designed sustained release profile. Such a drug delivery system is designed for once-daily oral administration to maintain an adequate plasma concentration-time profile, thereby providing relief of muscle spasm associated with painful musculoskeletal conditions over a 24 hour period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: ADARE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
  • Publication number: 20150283085
    Abstract: A tablet that rapidly disintegrates in the oral cavity comprising a compressed blend of rapidly dispersing microgranules prepared by granulating a sugar alcohol or a saccharide or a mixture thereof having an average particle size less than about 30 microns and a disintegrant, and a taste-masked microcapsule containing at least one drag, the microcapsule being prepared by granulating a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation comprising at least one drug in a therapeutically effective amount and at least one polymeric binder that improves resilience of the microgranules, wet milling the granulated mass, and microencapsulating the milled granules to provide microcapsules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Gopi M. VENKATESH, Ken Kangyi QIAN, Shyam VANGALA, James M. CLEVENGER, Donald GUENTHER
  • Patent number: 9089490
    Abstract: A tablet that rapidly disintegrates in the oral cavity comprising a compressed blend of rapidly dispersing microgranules prepared by granulating a sugar alcohol or a saccharide or a mixture thereof having an average particle size less than about 30 microns and a disintegrant, and a taste-masked microcapsule containing at least one drug, the microcapsule being prepared by granulating a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation comprising at least one drug in a therapeutically effective amount and at least one polymeric binder that improves resilience of the microgranules, wet milling the granulated mass, and microencapsulating the milled granules to provide microcapsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Aptalis Pharmatech, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopi M Venkatesh, Ken Kangyi Qian, Shyam Vangala, James M Clevenger, Donald Guenther
  • Publication number: 20150196505
    Abstract: A unit dosage form, such as a capsule or the like, for delivering a skeletal muscle relaxant, such as cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride, into the body in an extended or sustained release fashion comprising one or more populations of drug-containing particles (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) is disclosed. At least one bead population exhibits a pre-designed sustained release profile. Such a drug delivery system is designed for once-daily oral administration to maintain an adequate plasma concentration-time profile, thereby providing relief of muscle spasm associated with painful musculoskeletal conditions over a 24 hour period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Gopi M. VENKATESH, James M. CLEVENGER
  • Publication number: 20150093436
    Abstract: A unit dosage form, such as a capsule or the like, for delivering a skeletal muscle relaxant, such as cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride, into the body in an extended or sustained release fashion comprising one or more populations of drug-containing particles (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) is disclosed. At least one bead population exhibits a pre-designed sustained release profile. Such a drug delivery system is designed for once-daily oral administration to maintain an adequate plasma concentration—time profile, thereby providing relief of muscle spasm associated with painful musculoskeletal conditions over a 24 hour period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Gopi M. VENKATESH, James M. CLEVENGER
  • Patent number: 8877245
    Abstract: A unit dosage form, such as a capsule or the like, for delivering a skeletal muscle relaxant, such as cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride, into the body in an extended or sustained release fashion comprising one or more populations of drug-containing particles (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) is disclosed. At least one bead population exhibits a pre-designed sustained release profile. Such a drug delivery system is designed for once—daily oral administration to maintain an adequate plasma concentration—time profile, thereby providing relief of muscle spasm associated with painful musculoskeletal conditions over a 24 hour period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Aptalis Pharmatech, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopi Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
  • Publication number: 20140170215
    Abstract: A tablet that rapidly disintegrates in the oral cavity comprising a compressed blend of rapidly dispersing microgranules prepared by granulating a sugar alcohol or a saccharide or a mixture thereof having an average particle size less than about 30 microns and a disintegrant, and a taste-masked microcapsule containing at least one drug, the microcapsule being prepared by granulating a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation comprising at least one drug in a therapeutically effective amount and at least one polymeric binder that improves resilience of the microgranules, wet milling the granulated mass, and microencapsulating the milled granules to provide microcapsules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Gopi M. VENKATESH, Ken Kangyi Qian, Shyam Vangala, James M. Clevenger, Donald Guenther
  • Patent number: 8545881
    Abstract: A tablet that rapidly disintegrates in the oral cavity comprising a compressed blend of rapidly dispersing microgranules prepared by granulating a sugar alcohol or a saccharide or a mixture thereof having an average particle size less than about 30 microns and a disintegrant, and a taste-masked microcapsule containing at least one drug, the microcapsule being prepared by granulating a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation comprising at least one drug in a therapeutically effective amount and at least one polymeric binder that improves resilience of the microgranules, wet milling the granulated mass, and microencapsulating the milled granules to provide microcapsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Eurand Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, Ken Kangyi Qian, Shyam Vangala, James M. Clevenger, Donald Guenther
  • Publication number: 20130209567
    Abstract: A unit dosage form, such as a capsule or the like, for delivering a skeletal muscle relaxant, such as cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride, into the body in an extended or sustained release fashion comprising one or more populations of drug-containing particles (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) is disclosed. At least one bead population exhibits a pre-designed sustained release profile. Such a drug delivery system is designed for once—daily oral administration to maintain an adequate plasma concentration—time profile, thereby providing relief of muscle spasm associated with painful musculoskeletal conditions over a 24 hour period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Aptalis Pharamtech, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
  • Publication number: 20120282335
    Abstract: This invention relates to rapidly dispersing microgranules comprising at least one sugar alcohol or saccharide, at least one super disintegrant, and a pharmaceutically acceptable additive with multi-functionality (e.g., starch acting as a binder, disintegrant, diluent/filler, glidant, etc) at a low level, which can be formed by not only eliminating a wet milling step but also avoiding an extensive dry milling step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: Aptalis Pharmatech Inc.
    Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, Vijaya Swaminathan, Jin-Wang Lai, James M. Clevenger
  • Publication number: 20120196028
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of preparing an extended release pharmaceutical composition comprising cyclobenzaprine, comprising coating inert particles with a cyclobenzaprine-containing a drug layering composition to form IR beads, then coating the IR beads with an extended-release coating to form ER beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Aptalis Pharmatech, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopi M. VENKATESH, James M. Clevenger, Timothy Grinstead
  • Patent number: 8137734
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of preparing an extended release pharmaceutical composition comprising cyclobenzaprine, comprising coating inert particles with a cyclobenzaprine-containing a drug layering composition to form IR beads, then coating the IR beads with an extended-release coating to form ER beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Aptalis Pharmatech, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger, Timothy Grinstead
  • Publication number: 20110217384
    Abstract: A unit dosage form, such as a capsule or the like, for delivering a skeletal muscle relaxant, such as cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride, into the body in an extended or sustained release fashion comprising one or more populations of drug-containing particles (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) is disclosed. At least one bead population exhibits a pre-designed sustained release profile. Such a drug delivery system is designed for once-daily oral administration to maintain an adequate plasma concentration—time profile, thereby providing relief of muscle spasm associated with painful musculoskeletal conditions over a 24 hour period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Gopi Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
  • Publication number: 20110129530
    Abstract: There is provided a method for preparing a pharmaceutical composition comprising compressible coated, taste-masked and/or controlled-release coated drug-containing particles, rapidly-dispersing microgranules comprising a disintegrant and a sugar alcohol, a saccharide, or a mixture thereof, and other optional, pharmaceutically acceptable excipients wherein the orally disintegrating tablet (ODT) or rapidly dispersing tablet (RDT) composition having acceptable tableting, organoleptic, and pharmacokinetic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: EURAND, INC.
    Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, Jin-Wang Lai, James M. Clevenger, Craig Kramer
  • Patent number: 7829121
    Abstract: A unit dosage form, such as a capsule or the like, for delivering a skeletal muscle relaxant, such as cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride, into the body in an extended or sustained release fashion comprising one or more populations of drug-containing particles (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) is disclosed. At least one bead population exhibits a pre-designed sustained release profile. Such a drug delivery system is designed for once-daily oral administration to maintain an adequate plasma concentration—time profile, thereby providing relief of muscle spasm associated with painful musculoskeletal conditions over a 24 hour period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Eurand Inc.
    Inventors: Gopi Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
  • Patent number: 7820203
    Abstract: A unit dosage form, such as a capsule or the like, for delivering a skeletal muscle relaxant, such as cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride, into the body in an extended or sustained release fashion comprising one or more populations of drug-containing particles (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) is disclosed. At least one bead population exhibits a pre-designed sustained release profile. Such a drug delivery system is designed for once-daily oral administration to maintain an adequate plasma concentration—time profile, thereby providing relief of muscle spasm associated with painful musculoskeletal conditions over a 24 hour period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Eurand, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopi Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
  • Patent number: 7790199
    Abstract: A unit dosage form, such as a capsule or the like, for delivering a skeletal muscle relaxant, such as cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride, into the body in an extended or sustained release fashion comprising one or more populations of drug-containing particles (beads, pellets, granules, etc.) is disclosed. At least one bead population exhibits a pre-designed sustained release profile. Such a drug delivery system is designed for once-daily oral administration to maintain an adequate plasma concentration—time profile, thereby providing relief of muscle spasm associated with painful musculoskeletal conditions over a 24 hour period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Eurand, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopi Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger