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).
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Patent number: 9730896Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: ADARE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Gopi M Venkatesh, Ken Kangyi Qian, Shyam Vangala, James M Clevenger, Donald Guenther
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Publication number: 20160361274Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Gopi M. VENKATESH, James M. CLEVENGER
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Patent number: 9399025Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: ADARE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
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Patent number: 9375410Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: ADARE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
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Publication number: 20150283085Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Gopi M. VENKATESH, Ken Kangyi QIAN, Shyam VANGALA, James M. CLEVENGER, Donald GUENTHER
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Patent number: 9089490Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Aptalis Pharmatech, Inc.Inventors: Gopi M Venkatesh, Ken Kangyi Qian, Shyam Vangala, James M Clevenger, Donald Guenther
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Publication number: 20150196505Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Gopi M. VENKATESH, James M. CLEVENGER
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Publication number: 20150093436Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Gopi M. VENKATESH, James M. CLEVENGER
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Patent number: 8877245Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Aptalis Pharmatech, Inc.Inventors: Gopi Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
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Publication number: 20140170215Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Gopi M. VENKATESH, Ken Kangyi Qian, Shyam Vangala, James M. Clevenger, Donald Guenther
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Patent number: 8545881Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 19, 2004Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Eurand Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, Ken Kangyi Qian, Shyam Vangala, James M. Clevenger, Donald Guenther
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Publication number: 20130209567Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: Aptalis Pharamtech, Inc.Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
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Publication number: 20120282335Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Aptalis Pharmatech Inc.Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, Vijaya Swaminathan, Jin-Wang Lai, James M. Clevenger
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Publication number: 20120196028Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: Aptalis Pharmatech, Inc.Inventors: Gopi M. VENKATESH, James M. Clevenger, Timothy Grinstead
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Patent number: 8137734Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Aptalis Pharmatech, Inc.Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger, Timothy Grinstead
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Publication number: 20110217384Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Gopi Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
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Publication number: 20110129530Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: EURAND, INC.Inventors: Gopi M. Venkatesh, Jin-Wang Lai, James M. Clevenger, Craig Kramer
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Patent number: 7829121Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Eurand Inc.Inventors: Gopi Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
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Patent number: 7820203Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Eurand, Inc.Inventors: Gopi Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger
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Patent number: 7790199Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Eurand, Inc.Inventors: Gopi Venkatesh, James M. Clevenger