Patents by Inventor Jill K. Sherwood

Jill K. Sherwood 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).

  • Publication number: 20120055469
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present invention provide for methods of manufacturing a pharmaceutical drug product, which include storing a container at a temperature greater than ambient conditions for at least about seven days and conducting release testing on the container after storing. Products manufactured by this method have a more consistent fine particle size distribution (FSD) and fine particle fraction (FPF) at ambient conditions and at accelerated stability conditions over the life of the drug product. Advantageously, such products may more reliably and regularly pass testing requirements as required for an approved drug product by regulatory authorities such as the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: JILL K. SHERWOOD, Joel Sequeira, Brent Ashley Donovan
  • Publication number: 20110182830
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide drug products, inhalation systems and methods of treating respiratory diseases. Several embodiments provide an inhalation system including a pressurized metered dose inhaler and a chamber. The chamber may be an anti-static chamber with a chamber volume of about 145 milliliters (ml) to about 200 ml.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Ying Li, Jill K. Sherwood, Barbara Haeberlin, Ian Laurence Scott
  • Patent number: 7875290
    Abstract: A drug delivery device such as an oral dosage form (ODF) with a toxic or potent core encapsulated by a non-toxic region. The non-toxic region may be a region including multiple layers, coatings, shells, and combinations thereof, which provides protection to and isolation from the toxic or potent core. The drug in the toxic or potent core is incorporated into the dosage form via, for example, three-dimensional printing, as a solution, solubilization or suspension of solid particles in liquid, rather than by the more conventional handling and compressing of dry powder. This minimizes the likelihood of creating airborne particles of the toxic drug during manufacturing, hence controlling and minimizing the exposure of manufacturing personnel to the hazardous substance. Wet dispensing of the toxic or potent drug further provides greater bioavailability of the drug to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Francis C. Payumo, Jill K. Sherwood, Donald C. Monkhouse, Jaedeok Yoo, Christopher M. Gaylo, Chen-Chao Wang, Michael J. Cima
  • Publication number: 20080253970
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present invention provide for methods of manufacturing a pharmaceutical drug product, which include storing a container at a temperature greater than ambient conditions for at least about seven days and conducting release testing on the container after storing. Products manufactured by this method have a more consistent fine particle size distribution (FSD) and fine particle fraction (FPF) at ambient conditions and at accelerated stability conditions over the life of the drug product. Advantageously, such products may more reliably and regularly pass testing requirements as required for an approved drug product by regulatory authorities such as the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Jill K. Sherwood, Joel Sequeira, Brent Ashley Donovan
  • Patent number: 7276252
    Abstract: A drug delivery device such as an oral dosage form (ODF) with a toxic or potent core encapsulated by a non-toxic region. The non-toxic region may be a region including multiple layers, coatings, shells, and combinations thereof, which provides protection to and isolation from the toxic or potent core. The drug in the toxic or potent core is incorporated into the dosage form via, for example, three-dimensional printing, as a solution, solubilization or suspension of solid particles in liquid, rather than by the more conventional handling and compressing of dry powder. This minimizes the likelihood of creating airborne particles of the toxic drug during manufacturing, hence controlling and minimizing the exposure of manufacturing personnel to the hazardous substance. Wet dispensing of the toxic or potent drug further provides greater bioavailability of the drug to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Francis C. Payumo, Jill K. Sherwood, Donald C. Monkhouse, Jaedeok Yoo, Christopher M. Gaylo, Chen-Chao Wang, Michael J. Cima
  • Publication number: 20040091516
    Abstract: The invention includes dispensing a suspension containing solid particles for use in manufacturing a dosage form or other biomedical article by 3DP. The suspension contains solid particles suspended in a liquid. The solid particles may be one or more Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. The solid particles may be particles of material that are insoluble in the liquid, or they may be particles of a substance that have already dissolved in the liquid up to the saturation level and are present in a concentration beyond what can be dissolved. In addition to solid particles, the liquid may also contain other substances dissolved in it, either substances containing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) or substances without API. One aspect of the invention includes prevention of agglomeration by adding one or more of several categories of additives to the suspending liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicants: Therics, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Charles William Rowe, Wendy E. Pryce Lewis, Michael J. Cima, Esteban R.N. Bornancini, Jill K. Sherwood, Chen-Chao Wang, Christopher M. Gaylo, James A. Fairweather
  • Publication number: 20030114936
    Abstract: The devices disclosed herein are composite implantable devices having a gradient of one or more of the following: materials, macroarchitecture, microarchitecture, or mechanical properties, which can be used to select or promote attachment of specific cell types on and in the devices prior to and/or after implantation. In preferred embodiments, the implants include complex three-dimensional structure, including curved regions and saddle-shaped areas. In various embodiments, the gradient forms a transition zone in the device from a region composed of materials or having properties best suited for one type of tissue to a region composed of materials or having properties suited for a different type of tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: Therics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jill K. Sherwood, Donald Monkhouse, Christopher M. Gaylo
  • Publication number: 20030099708
    Abstract: The invention includes dispensing a suspension containing solid particles for use in manufacturing a dosage form or other biomedical article by 3DP. The suspension contains solid particles suspended in a liquid. The solid particles may be one or more Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. The solid particles may be particles of material that are insoluble in the liquid, or they may be particles of a substance that have already dissolved in the liquid up to the saturation level and are present in a concentration beyond what can be dissolved. In addition to solid particles, the liquid may also contain other substances dissolved in it, either substances containing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) or substances without API. One aspect of the invention includes prevention of agglomeration by adding one or more of several categories of additives to the suspending liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Therics, Inc
    Inventors: Charles William Rowe, Wendy E. Pryce Lewis, Michael J. Cima, Esteban R.N. Bornancini, Jill K. Sherwood, Chen-Chao Wang, Christopher M. Gaylo, James A. Fairweather
  • Patent number: 6514518
    Abstract: Dosage forms prepared by solid free form fabrication (SFF) provide release of medicament in multiple phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Therics, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Monkhouse, Jaedeok Yoo, Jill K. Sherwood, Michael J. Cima, Esteban Bornancini
  • Patent number: 6454811
    Abstract: Composite devices for tissue engineering are provided having a gradient of one or more of the following: materials, macroarchitecture, microarchitecture, or mechanical properties, which can be used to select or promote attachment of specific cell types on and in the devices prior to and/or after implantation. In various embodiments, the gradient forms a transition zone in the device from a region composed of materials or having properties best suited for one type of tissue to a region composed of materials or having properties suited for a different type of tissue. The devices are made in a continuous process that imparts structural integrity as well as a unique gradient of materials in the architecture. The gradient may relate to the materials, the macroarchitecture, the microarchitecture, the mechanical properties of the device, or several of these together. The devices disclosed herein typically are made using solid free form processes, especially three-dimensional printing process (3DP™).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Therics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jill K. Sherwood, Linda G. Griffith, Scott Brown
  • Publication number: 20020018816
    Abstract: Dosage forms prepared by solid free form fabrication (SFF) provide release of medicament in multiple phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Donald Monkhouse, Jaedeok Yoo, Jill K. Sherwood, Michael J. Cima, Esteban Bornancini
  • Publication number: 20020015728
    Abstract: A drug delivery device such as an oral dosage form (ODF) with a toxic or potent core encapsulated by a non-toxic region. The non-toxic region may be a region including multiple layers, coatings, shells, and combinations thereof, which provides protection to and isolation from the toxic or potent core. The drug in the toxic or potent core is incorporated into the dosage form via, for example, three-dimensional printing, as a solution, solubilization or suspension of solid particles in liquid, rather than by the more conventional handling and compressing of dry powder. This minimizes the likelihood of creating airborne particles of the toxic drug during manufacturing, hence controlling and minimizing the exposure of manufacturing personnel to the hazardous substance. Wet dispensing of the toxic or potent drug further provides greater bioavailability of the drug to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Francis C. Payumo, Jill K. Sherwood, Donald C. Monkhouse, Jaedeok Yoo, Christopher M. Gaylo, Chen-Chao Wang, Michael J. Cima
  • Patent number: 6280771
    Abstract: Dosage forms prepared by solid free form fabrication (SFF) provide release of medicament in multiple phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignees: Therics, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Donald Monkhouse, Jaedeok Yoo, Jill K. Sherwood, Michael J. Cima, Esteban Bornancini