Patents by Inventor Kathleen Cogan Farinas

Kathleen Cogan Farinas 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).

  • Patent number: 10617557
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide treatment with a first therapeutic agent and a second therapeutic agent for an extended time. The first therapeutic agent may comprise a VEGF inhibitor and the second therapeutic agent may comprise an antiinflammatory, such as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, for example a cyclooxygenase inhibitor. One or more of the first therapeutic agent or the second therapeutic agent can be injected into the eye, for example injected into a therapeutic device implanted into the eye to release the injected therapeutic agent for an extended time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, K. Angela MacFarlane, Signe Erickson
  • Publication number: 20200030142
    Abstract: An apparatus to treat a patient comprises a container to receive fluid of a device implanted in the eye. The fluid of the device can be analyzed to determine a component of the vitreous humor of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Signe Erickson, Darren Doud, Eugene de Juan, JR., Yair Alster, Cary J. Reich, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
  • Publication number: 20190365757
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stable formulations of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), e.g., pazopanib; methods of preparation thereof; and use of the disclosed formulations in sustained delivery of the active agent to a target site. The disclosure further relates to methods of converting one polymorphic Form of a TKI to another polymorphic Form and/or an amorphous form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Judit Horvath, Irina Astafieva, Signe Erickson, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
  • Publication number: 20190336335
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide a therapeutic fluid to devices implanted in the body, for example to containers of devices implanted in the eye of a patient. The methods and apparatus may comprise an injector to increase an amount of therapeutic agent injected into the device implanted in the eye, or a structure to receive the therapeutic fluid within the device implanted in the eye, or combinations thereof. The device implanted in the eye may comprise a reservoir chamber having a fluid with a density different than the therapeutic fluid, and the apparatus can be adapted to at least partially separate the implanted device fluid from therapeutic fluid within the reservoir chamber to increase and amount of therapeutic fluid placed in the reservoir chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, JR., Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, Darren Doud, Signe Erickson, Mike Barrett, David Batten, Christina Skieller, Greg Stine
  • Patent number: 10398592
    Abstract: An apparatus to treat a patient comprises a container to receive fluid of a device implanted in the eye. The fluid of the device can be analyzed to determine a component of the vitreous humor of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Signe Erickson, Darren Doud, Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Cary J. Reich, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
  • Patent number: 10363255
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stable formulations of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), e.g., pazopanib; methods of preparation thereof; and use of the disclosed formulations in sustained delivery of the active agent to a target site. The disclosure further relates to methods of converting one polymorphic Form of a TKI to another polymorphic Form and/or an amorphous form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: FORSIGHT VISION4, INC.
    Inventors: Judit Horvath, Irina Astafieva, Signe Erickson, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
  • Patent number: 10265215
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide a therapeutic fluid to devices implanted in the body, for example to containers of devices implanted in the eye of a patient. The methods and apparatus may comprise an injector to increase an amount of therapeutic agent injected into the device implanted in the eye, or a structure to receive the therapeutic fluid within the device implanted in the eye, or combinations thereof. The device implanted in the eye may comprise a reservoir chamber having a fluid with a density different than the therapeutic fluid, and the apparatus can be adapted to at least partially separate the implanted device fluid from therapeutic fluid within the reservoir chamber to increase and amount of therapeutic fluid placed in the reservoir chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, Darren Doud, Signe Erickson, Mike Barrett, David Batten, Christina Skieller, Greg Stine
  • Patent number: 10166142
    Abstract: A therapeutic device that can release a therapeutic agent comprising a porous structure coupled to a container comprising a reservoir. The reservoir can comprise a volume sized to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time when coupled to the porous structure and implanted in a patient. The porous structure may comprise a first side coupled to the reservoir and a second side to couple to the patient to release the therapeutic agent. The length of the channels extending from the first side to the second side may comprise an effective length greater than a distance across the porous structure from the first side to the second side. The therapeutic device may comprise a penetrable barrier to inject therapeutic agent into the device when implanted in the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene De Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela MacFarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, Signe Erickson
  • Publication number: 20180243130
    Abstract: An injector apparatus comprises an elongate structure having one or more openings positionable near a penetrable barrier of an implantable device so as to receive fluid of the implantable device. The apparatus comprises a needle and a sheath extending over at least a portion of the needle. The elongate structure may comprise a distal tip to penetrate tissue and the penetrable barrier, and a distal opening near the tip to release therapeutic fluid into the implantable chamber. In many embodiments the distal tip, the distal opening, and the plurality of openings are separated from a stop that engages a tissue of the patient and limit penetration depth such that the distal opening and the plurality of openings are located along an axis of the implantable device to increase an efficiency of the exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Darren Doud, Randolph E. Campbell, Signe Erickson, K. Angela Macfarlane, Mike Barrett, Christina Skieller, David Batten, Greg Stine, Eugene de Juan, JR., Douglas Sutton, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
  • Publication number: 20180161202
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide a therapeutic fluid to devices implanted in the body, for example to containers of devices implanted in the eye of a patient. The methods and apparatus may comprise an injector to increase an amount of therapeutic agent injected into the device implanted in the eye, or a structure to receive the therapeutic fluid within the device implanted in the eye, or combinations thereof. The device implanted in the eye may comprise a reservoir chamber having a fluid with a density different than the therapeutic fluid, and the apparatus can be adapted to at least partially separate the implanted device fluid from therapeutic fluid within the reservoir chamber to increase and amount of therapeutic fluid placed in the reservoir chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, JR., Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, Darren Doud, Signe Erickson, Mike Barrett, David Batten, Christina Skieller, Greg Stine
  • Publication number: 20180147204
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stable formulations of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), e.g., pazopanib; methods of preparation thereof; and use of the disclosed formulations in sustained delivery of the active agent to a target site. The disclosure further relates to methods of converting one polymorphic Form of a TKI to another polymorphic Form and/or an amorphous form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Judit Horvath, Irina Astafieva, Signe Erickson, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
  • Patent number: 9968603
    Abstract: Therapeutic agent delivery formulations for the sustained release of therapeutic agents from a Port Delivery System (PDS) implant is described in this application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: FORSIGHT VISION4, INC.
    Inventors: Irina Astafieva, Judit Horvath, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, Blaine Bueche, Signe Erickson
  • Patent number: 9895369
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stable formulations of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), e.g., pazopanib; methods of preparation thereof; and use of the disclosed formulations in sustained delivery of the active agent to a target site. The disclosure further relates to methods of converting one polymorphic Form of a TKI to another polymorphic Form and/or an amorphous form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: FORSIGHT VISION4, INC
    Inventors: Judit Horvath, Irina Astafieva, Signe Erickson, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
  • Patent number: 9883968
    Abstract: An injector apparatus comprises an elongate structure having one or more openings positionable near a penetrable barrier of an implantable device so as to receive fluid of the implantable device. The apparatus comprises a needle and a sheath extending over at least a portion of the needle. The elongate structure may comprise a distal tip to penetrate tissue and the penetrable barrier, and a distal opening near the tip to release therapeutic fluid into the implantable chamber. In many embodiments the distal tip, the distal opening, and the plurality of openings are separated from a stop that engages a tissue of the patient and limit penetration depth such that the distal opening and the plurality of openings are located along an axis of the implantable device to increase an efficiency of the exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren Doud, Randolph E. Campbell, Signe Erickson, K. Angela MacFarlane, Mike Barrett, Christina Skieller, David Batten, Greg Stine, Eugene de Juan, Jr., Douglas Sutton, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
  • Patent number: 9861521
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide a therapeutic fluid to devices implanted in the body, for example to containers of devices implanted in the eye of a patient. The methods and apparatus may comprise an injector to increase an amount of therapeutic agent injected into the device implanted in the eye, or a structure to receive the therapeutic fluid within the device implanted in the eye, or combinations thereof. The device implanted in the eye may comprise a reservoir chamber having a fluid with a density different than the therapeutic fluid, and the apparatus can be adapted to at least partially separate the implanted device fluid from therapeutic fluid within the reservoir chamber to increase and amount of therapeutic fluid placed in the reservoir chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela MacFarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, Darren Doud, Signe Erickson, Mike Barrett, David Batten, Christina Skieller, Greg Stine
  • Publication number: 20170258634
    Abstract: An injectable formulation of therapeutic agent may comprise the therapeutic agent and a stabilizer such that a substantial portion of the stabilizer remains in the therapeutic device to stabilize the therapeutic agent when the therapeutic agent is released from the therapeutic device. The injectable formulation may comprise one or more of binding agent particles or erodible material particles, such that the formulation can be injected into the therapeutic device. The binding agent particles can bind reversibly to the therapeutic agent so as to modulate release of the therapeutic agent, and the erodible material particles can generate protons of an acid so as to increase stability of the therapeutic agent and may modulate release of the therapeutic agent. The therapeutic agent can be combined with one or more of the stabilizer, the binding agent particles or the erodible particles to increase stability of the therapeutic agent and may modulate release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, JR., Yair Alster, Steven M. Chamow, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, Signe Erickson, Blaine Bueche
  • Publication number: 20170071938
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stable formulations of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), e.g., pazopanib; methods of preparation thereof; and use of the disclosed formulations in sustained delivery of the active agent to a target site. The disclosure further relates to methods of converting one polymorphic Form of a TKI to another polymorphic Form and/or an amorphous form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Judit Horvath, Irina Astafieva, Signe Erickson, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
  • Patent number: 9492315
    Abstract: A therapeutic device to release a therapeutic agent comprises a porous structure coupled to a container comprising a reservoir. The reservoir comprises a volume sized to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time when coupled to the porous structure and implanted in the patient. The porous structure may comprise a first side coupled to the reservoir and a second side to couple to the patient to release the therapeutic agent. The length of the channels extending from the first side to the second side may comprise an effective length greater than a distance across the porous structure from the first side to the second side. The therapeutic device may comprise a penetrable barrier to inject therapeutic agent into the device when implanted in the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela MacFarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell
  • Patent number: 9474756
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stable formulations of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), e.g., pazopanib; methods of preparation thereof; and use of the disclosed formulations in sustained delivery of the active agent to a target site. The disclosure further relates to methods of converting one polymorphic Form of a TKI to another polymorphic Form and/or an amorphous form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Judit Horvath, Irina Astafieva, Signe Erickson, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
  • Publication number: 20160302965
    Abstract: Described are implantable devices (105) and therapeutic agent delivery formulations for the sustained release of therapeutic agents. In one aspect, described is a device to treat an ocular condition of an eye. The device has a proximal region. A tubular body (115) is coupled to the proximal region and has an outer diameter configured to be inserted at least in part into the eye. A reservoir (130) is in fluid communication with the tubular body and has a volume sized to receive an amount of a formulation of a therapeutic agent. One or more outlets (135) are in fluid communication with the reservoir and configured to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent into the eye for an extended time when the one or more outlets are positioned inside the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Signe ERICKSON, Randolph E. CAMPBELL, Eugene DE JUAN, JR., Kathleen Cogan FARINAS, Cary J. REICH, Michael BARRETT, Darren DOUD