Patents by Inventor Maree T. Smith

Maree T. Smith 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).

  • Publication number: 20120316189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for reducing the risk associated with the administration of opioid analgesics in patient diagnosed or undiagnosed with respiratory illness by administering an analgesic composition comprising a sub-analgesic dosage of a p-opioid agonist selected from the group consisting a morphine, fentanyl, sufentanil, alfentanil, oxymorphone and hydromorphone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a sub-analgesic dosage of oxycodone which is a ?2-opioid agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: QRxPharma Limited
    Inventors: Gary W. Pace, Maree T. Smith
  • Patent number: 8182837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for reducing the risk associated with the administration of opioid analgesics in patients diagnosed or undiagnosed with respiratory illness by administering an analgesic composition comprising a sub-analgesic dosage of a p-opioid agonist selected from the group consisting of morphine, fentanyl, sufentanil, alfentanil, oxymorphone and hydromorphone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a sub-analgesic dosage of oxycodone which is a ?2-opioid agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: QRxPharma Limited
    Inventor: Maree T. Smith