Patents by Inventor Jos F.M. Smits

Jos F.M. Smits 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).

  • USE OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS FOR TREATMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
    Publication number: 20100113406
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods comprising administering a dosage form comprising a pharmaceutical carrier and at least one glucocorticoid to a subject suffering from congestive heart failure, wherein the at least one glucocorticoid is present in the dosage form in an amount effective to ameliorate aspects of the congestive heart failure. Also disclosed are related methods and dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Johannes J.R. Hermans, Jos F.M. Smits, Harry A.J. Struijker-Boudier, Monica Minnaard-Huiban
  • Delivery of drugs from sustained release devices implanted in myocardial tissue or in the pericardial space
    Publication number: 20030009145
    Abstract: The present invention provides delivery of drugs to the heart or cardiac vasculature using fully implanted sustained-release dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Harry A.J. Struijker-Boudier, Johannes J.R. Hermans, Jos F.M. Smits, Randolph M. Johnson, Felix Theeuwes