Patents by Inventor Lori A. Grace

Lori A. Grace 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).

  • Iontophoretic drug delivery system
    Patent number: 6745071
    Abstract: A reliable, self-contained iontophoretic drug delivery system is disclosed which enjoys a long stable shelf life and which is easy for the user to activate and employ. This system includes a wearable iontophoretic device that is prepackaged as a complete self-contained unit which includes the active species or drug to be administered and counter ions. The system includes a provision for isolating moisture sources from the electrodes and from the power source during storage and provides a simple, user-friendly mechanism to connect the drug to be administered and counter ion reservoirs to the electrodes and the device to the skin of a user in order to activate the device circuit. All elements of the device are contained in a single outer package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Birch Point Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Carter R. Anderson, Russell L. Morris, Clayton J. Anderson, Lori A. Grace
  • Power sources for iontophoretic drug delivery systems
    Patent number: 6653014
    Abstract: The capacity of an electro-chemical power source having an initial amount of an oxidizable material and an initial amount of a reducible material, is adjusted to a target capacity by altering the initial amount of one or both of the oxidizable material and the reducible material available to participate in the source by a technique selected from the group consisting of adding, removing and isolating a known fraction of the initial amount from the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Birch Point Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Carter R. Anderson, Clayton J. Anderson, Lori A. Grace, Russell L. Morris
  • Power sources for iontophoretic drug delivery systems
    Publication number: 20020182485
    Abstract: The capacity of an electro-chemical power source having an initial amount of an oxidizable material and an initial amount of a reducible material, is adjusted to a target capacity by altering the initial amount of one or both of the oxidizable material and the reducible material available to participate in the source by a technique selected from the group consisting of adding, removing and isolating a known fraction of the initial amount from the power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: Birch Point Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Carter R. Anderson, Clayton J. Anderson, Lori A. Grace, Russell L. Morris