Patents by Inventor Martin C. Carey

Martin C. Carey 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).

  • Methods and compositions for inhibiting enterohepatic cycling of bilirubin
    Patent number: 5804218
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for removing bilirubin from the gastrointestinal tract are described. The compositions contain a zinc salt in a form that is insoluble in the gastrointestinal tract. The methods and compositions are useful for treating patients that have disorders associated with an elevated concentration of bilirubin including, for example, gallstone related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventor: Martin C. Carey
  • Drug administration
    Patent number: 4959358
    Abstract: Compositions and methods useful for the prevention or treatment of a human or animal disorder or for the regulation of the human or animal physiological condition are provided. The compositions used comprise, in admixture, a biologically-effective amount of a drug specific for the disorder or condition and a biocompatible, water-soluble, amphiphilic steroid, other than a natural bile salt, which is capable of increasing drug permeability of the human or animal body surface across which the drug is to be administered, in an amount effective to increase the permeability of the surface to the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Assignees: Beth Israel Hospital Assn., The Brigham and Womens Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin C. Carey, Alan C. Moses, Jeffrey S. Flier
  • Drug administration
    Patent number: 4746508
    Abstract: Compositions and methods useful for the prevention or treatment of a human or animal disorder or for the regulation of a human or animal physiological condition are provided. The compositions used comprise, in admixture, a biologically-effective amount of a drug specific for the disorder or condition and a biocompatible, water-soluble, amphiphilic steroid, other than a natural bile salt, which is capable of increasing drug permeability of the human or animal body surface across which the drug is to be administered, in an amount effective to increase the permeability of the surface to the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignees: Beth Israel Hospital Assn., The Brigham and Womens Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin C. Carey, Alan C. Moses, Jeffrey S. Flier
  • Drug administration
    Patent number: 4548922
    Abstract: A composition useful for the treatment of an animal suffering from a predetermined medical disorder including, in admixture, a medically effective amount of a drug, other than an antibiotic, effective against the medical disorder, and a biocompatible, water-soluble, amphiphilic steroid, other than a bile salt, which is capable of increasing the permeability to the drug of a surface of the animal across which the drug is to be administered, in an amount effective to increase the permeability of the surface to the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1985
    Assignees: Beth Israel Hospital, The Brigham & Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin C. Carey, Alan C. Moses, Jeffrey S. Flier