Patents by Inventor Lawton Hom

Lawton Hom 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).

  • Osmotic delivery system flow modulator apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7407500
    Abstract: An osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly, an osmotic delivery system with a flow modulator assembly, and a method of assembling an osmotic delivery system. The osmotic delivery system flow modular assembly includes a body having a hole located through the body and communicating two opposing ends of the body. The use of the osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly lessens the chance that air or gas pockets will form in the enclosure of the osmotic delivery system during assembly of the system. Because less air is within the osmotic delivery system, performance of the system is enhanced. Use of the flow modulator assembly also lessens the chance that beneficial agent will be wasted during assembly of the osmotic delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: ALZA Corporation
    Inventors: Lewis L. Peterson, Fred H. Maruyama, Houdin Dehnad, Lawton Hom, Kevin S. Ly, Craig R. Davis, John R. Peery
  • Osmotic Delivery System Flow Modulator Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20080071253
    Abstract: An osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly, an osmotic delivery system with a flow modulator assembly, and a method of assembling an osmotic delivery system. The osmotic delivery system flow modular assembly includes a body having a hole located through the body and communicating two opposing ends of the body. The use of the osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly lessens the chance that air or gas pockets will form in the enclosure of the osmotic delivery system during assembly of the system. Because less air is within the osmotic delivery system, performance of the system is enhanced. Use of the flow modulator assembly also lessens the chance that beneficial agent will be wasted during assembly of the osmotic delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: ALZA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lewis Peterson, Fred Maruyama, Houdin Dehnad, Lawton Hom, Kevin Sly, Craig Davis, John Peery
  • Osmotic delivery system flow modulator apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20050131389
    Abstract: An osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly, an osmotic delivery system with a flow modulator assembly, and a method of assembling an osmotic delivery system. The osmotic delivery system flow modular assembly includes a body having a hole located through the body and communicating two opposing ends of the body. The use of the osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly lessens the chance that air or gas pockets will form in the enclosure of the osmotic delivery system during assembly of the system. Because less air is within the osmotic delivery system, performance of the system is enhanced. Use of the flow modulator assembly also lessens the chance that beneficial agent will be wasted during assembly of the osmotic delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Lewis Peterson, Fred Maruyama, Houdin Dehnad, Lawton Hom, Kevin Ly, Craig Davis, John Peery
  • Osmotic delivery system flow modulator apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6840931
    Abstract: An osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly, an osmotic delivery system with a flow modulator assembly, and a method of assembling an osmotic delivery system. The osmotic delivery system flow modular assembly includes a body having a hole located through the body and communicating two opposing ends of the body. The use of the osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly lessens the chance that air or gas pockets will form in the enclosure of the osmotic delivery system during assembly of the system. Because less air is within the osmotic delivery system, performance of the system is enhanced. Use of the flow modulator assembly also lessens the chance that beneficial agent will be wasted during assembly of the osmotic delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: ALZA Corporation
    Inventors: Lewis L. Peterson, Fred H. Maruyama, Houdin Dehnad, Lawton Hom, Kevin S. Ly, Craig R. Davis, John R. Peery
  • Osmotic delivery system flow modulator apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20030114837
    Abstract: An osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly, an osmotic delivery system with a flow modulator assembly, and a method of assembling an osmotic delivery system. The osmotic delivery system flow modular assembly includes a body having a hole located through the body and communicating two opposing ends of the body. The use of the osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly lessens the chance that air or gas pockets will form in the enclosure of the osmotic delivery system during assembly of the system. Because less air is within the osmotic delivery system, performance of the system is enhanced. Use of the flow modulator assembly also lessens the chance that beneficial agent will be wasted during assembly of the osmotic delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Lewis L. Peterson, Fred H. Maruyama, Houdin Dehnad, Lawton Hom, Kevin S. Ly, Craig R. Davis, John R. Peery
  • Osmotic delivery system flow modulator apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6524305
    Abstract: An osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly, an osmotic delivery system with a flow modulator assembly, and a method of assembling an osmotic delivery system. The osmotic delivery system flow modular assembly includes a body having a hole located through the body and communicating two opposing ends of the body. The use of the osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly lessens the chance that air or gas pockets will form in the enclosure of the osmotic delivery system during assembly of the system. Because less air is within the osmotic delivery system, performance of the system is enhanced. Use of the flow modulator assembly also lessens the chance that beneficial agent will be wasted during assembly of the osmotic delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Alza Corporation
    Inventors: Lewis L. Peterson, Fred H. Maruyama, Houdin Dehnad, Lawton Hom, Kevin S. Ly, Craig R. Davis, John R. Peery
  • Beneficial agent delivery system with membrane plug and method for controlling delivery of beneficial agents
    Patent number: 6113938
    Abstract: An osmotic delivery system for controlled delivery of a beneficial agent includes an implant capsule containing a beneficial agent and an osmotic agent which swells on contact with water causing the release of the beneficial agent over time. The osmotic delivery system has a membrane plug which allows water to pass through the plug from an exterior of the capsule while preventing the compositions within the capsule from passing out of the capsule. A delivery rate for delivery of the beneficial agent from the implant capsule is controlled by varying a core diameter of the membrane plug within a constant diameter capsule. The membrane plug has a variable water permeation rate depending on an extent to which the membrane plug is constrained by the capsule walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: ALZA Corporation
    Inventors: Guohua Chen, Scott Lautenbach, Keith Dionne, Lawton Hom