Patents by Inventor Janel E. Young

Janel E. Young 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).

  • Drug-enhanced adhesion prevention
    Patent number: 9066912
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods for the inhibition of post-operative adhesion formation between tissue surfaces in a body cavity having been subjected to a surgical procedure, which methods involve administering Tranilast, or an analog thereof, directly to tissue surfaces in the body cavity in amounts and under conditions effective to inhibit formation of adhesions, and to delivery vehicles and compositions suitable for use for local, non-systemic administration of a drug to the body and directly to tissue within a body cavity having been subjected to a surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Janel E. Young, Scott A. Wadsworth, Kevin Cooper, Joel Rosenblatt, Han Cui
  • Drug-enhanced adhesion prevention
    Patent number: 8394399
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods for the inhibition of post-operative adhesion formation between tissue surfaces in a body cavity having been subjected to a surgical procedure, which methods involve administering Pemirolast, or an analog thereof, directly to tissue surfaces in the body cavity in amounts and under conditions effective to inhibit formation of adhesions, and to delivery vehicles and compositions suitable for use for local, non-systemic administration of a drug to the body and directly to tissue within a body cavity having been subjected to a surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Janel E. Young, Scott A. Wadsworth, Kevin Cooper, Joel Rosenblatt, Han Cui
  • Drug-enhanced adhesion prevention
    Patent number: 8277831
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods for the inhibition of post-operative adhesion formation between tissue surfaces in a body cavity having been subjected to a surgical procedure, which methods involve administering Pemirolast, or an analog thereof, directly to tissue surfaces in the body cavity in amounts and under conditions effective to inhibit formation of adhesions, and to delivery vehicles and compositions suitable for use for local, non-systemic administration of a drug to the body and directly to tissue within a body cavity having been subjected to a surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Technologies and Regenerative Medicine, LLC.
    Inventors: Janel E. Young, Scott A. Wadsworth, Kevin Cooper, Joel Rosenblatt, Han Cui
  • Hollow Foam Beads for Treatment of Glioblastoma
    Publication number: 20090274764
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for the treatment of tumors are disclosed. Specifically, the present invention provides hollow foam beads having a chemotherapeutic agent incorporated therein. A method of making such beads is disclosed. In addition, a method for treating a glioblastoma tumor and other types of tumors with the compressible hollow foam beads is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Hiep Q. Do, Mark Timmer, Murty N. Vyakarnam, Joel Rosenblatt, Han Cui, Scott Wadsworth, Janel E. Young