Patents by Inventor Joan Fitzpatrick

Joan Fitzpatrick 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 Delivery Implants and Processes for Their Preparation
    Publication number: 20110301131
    Abstract: The invention discloses an implant suitable for delivery of at least one drug, the implant comprising a fibrillar collagen matrix having, as measured in Example 1, a viscosity of greater than 100 mPas, optionally greater than 103 mPas, further optionally greater than 106 mPas, still further optionally greater than 109 mPas when a collagen dispersion formed from 140 mg of the fibrillar collagen matrix is dispersed in 25 ml of 2 mM HCl at a pH of less than 3.5 and at a temperature of 30.0+/?0.5° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Joan Fitzpatrick, David Prior
  • Fatty ester combinations
    Patent number: 6117452
    Abstract: The thermoforming of compositions containing active agents is carried out by processing compositions containing certain fatty esters in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Fuisz Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Nils Ahlgren, Joseph Cascone, Joan Fitzpatrick, Steven E. Frisbee, John Getz, Mark R. Herman, Bernard M. Kiernan, Barbara Montwill, Ed O'Donnell, Desiree Pereira, Pradeepkumar P. Sanghvi