Patents by Inventor Michael Butters

Michael Butters 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: 20240123249
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for reducing pain and/or providing an analgesic effect, using the administration of ultra-low radio frequency energy (ulRFE®). In some embodiments, ulRFE® is administered using the EMulate Voyager system. In some embodiments, the system comprises a battery-operated controller, an electromagnetic coil, and a battery charger. In some of these embodiments the system utilizes a single signal. In other embodiments, the system utilizes two or more signals, each signal derived from a different molecule. In some of the other embodiments, one or more of the signals are derived from the same molecule. In some embodiments, the system utilizes three or more signals derived from three or more different molecules, e.g., three signals, four signals, five signals, or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Bennett Michael Butters, Xavier A. Figueroa
  • Publication number: 20230201615
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing physiological effects in response to simulated stimuli on living organisms are disclosed herein. In one example, a non-intrusive delivery of drug-simulating signals causes physiological effects on a living organism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Xavier A. Figueroa, Bennett Michael Butters
  • Publication number: 20190143135
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for treating cancer including glioblastoma, recurrent glioblastoma, or newly diagnosed glioblastoma, using the administration of ultra-low radio frequency energy (ulRFE®), either alone or in combination with one or more conventional cancer therapies. In some embodiments, the one or more conventional cancer therapies include chemotherapy or an anti-angiogenic therapy or other therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Bennett Michael Butters
  • Patent number: 9368585
    Abstract: An arrangement for manufacturing a crystal of the melt of a raw material comprises: a furnace having a heating device with one or more heating elements, which are configured to generate a gradient temperature field directed along a first direction, a plurality of crucibles for receiving the melt, which are arranged within the gradient temperature field side by side, and a device for homogenizing the temperature field within a plane perpendicular to the first direction in the at least two crucibles. The arrangement further has a filling material inserted within a space between the crucibles wherein the filling shows an anisotropic heat conductivity. Additionally or alternatively, the arrangement may comprise a device for generating magnetic migration fields, both the filling material having the anisotropic heat conductivity and the device for generating magnetic migration fields being suited to compensate or prevent the formation of asymmetric phase interfaces upon freezing of the raw melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: FREIBERGER COMPOUND MATERIALS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Eichler, Thomas Bünger, Michael Butter, Rico Rühmann, Max Scheffer-Czygan
  • Publication number: 20160122068
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of manufacturing a beverage container. The beverage container includes a body having a pronounced lip at least at one end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Butter
  • Publication number: 20140103493
    Abstract: An arrangement for manufacturing a crystal of the melt of a raw material comprises: a furnace having a heating device with one or more heating elements, which are configured to generate a gradient temperature field directed along a first direction, a plurality of crucibles for receiving the melt, which are arranged within the gradient temperature field side by side, and a device for homogenizing the temperature field within a plane perpendicular to the first direction in the at least two crucibles. The arrangement further has a filling material inserted within a space between the crucibles wherein the filling shows an anisotropic heat conductivity. Additionally or alternatively, the arrangement may comprise a device for generating magnetic migration fields, both the filling material having the anisotropic heat conductivity and the device for generating magnetic migration fields being suited to compensate or prevent the formation of asymmetric phase interfaces upon freezing of the raw melt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: FREIBERGER COMPOUND MATERIALS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan EICHLER, Thomas BÜNGER, Michael BUTTER, Rico RÜHMANN, Max SCHEFFER-CZYGAN
  • Patent number: 8652253
    Abstract: An arrangement for manufacturing a crystal of the melt of a raw material comprises: a furnace having a heating device with one or more heating elements, which are configured to generate a gradient temperature field directed along a first direction, a plurality of crucibles for receiving the melt, which are arranged within the gradient temperature field side by side, and a device for homogenizing the temperature field within a plane perpendicular to the first direction in the at least two crucibles. The arrangement further has a filling material inserted within a space between the crucibles wherein the filling shows an anisotropic heat conductivity. Additionally or alternatively, the arrangement may comprise a device for generating magnetic migration fields, both the filling material having the anisotropic heat conductivity and the device for generating magnetic migration fields being suited to compensate or prevent the formation of asymmetric phase interfaces upon freezing of the raw melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Freiberger Compound Materials GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Eichler, Thomas Bünger, Michael Butter, Rico Rühmann, Max Scheffer-Czygan
  • Patent number: 8227622
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (X), and salts thereof, and their use as intermediates in improved manufacturing processes for the synthesis of pharmaceutical compound (I): X is ?O, ?N—OH or ?N—OC(O)Me; Y is hydrogen, PhS- or p-chlorophenylsulfanyl; Z is hydrogen or —CH2COOR1 wherein R1 is selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl and optionally substituted heterocyclyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Debra Ainge, Eric Merifield, Colin Thomson, Michael Butters, Ravi Ramakrishnan, Ravi Naidu Rayapati, Parhalad Ray Sharma
  • Patent number: 8076481
    Abstract: A process for preparing pharmaceutically active compounds of formula (I) or a salt thereof wherein R1, n, m, R3, R6, X1, X2, X3 and X4 are as defined in the specification, is described. Novel intermediates are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Michael Butters, Jeffrey Crabb, Philip Hopes, Bharti Patel
  • Patent number: 8034932
    Abstract: A process for formation of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (A chemical formula should be inserted here—please see paper copy enclosed herewith) I via a Heck reaction is described. Intermediates useful in the process and processes for making said intermediates are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca UK Limited
    Inventors: Michael Butters, Steven Robert Lenger, Paul Michael Murray, Evan William Snape
  • Publication number: 20110195111
    Abstract: A method of forming an aqueous composition effective to produce an agent-specific effect on an agent-responsive chemical or biological system, when the composition is added to the system, is disclosed. The composition is formed by exposing an aqueous medium to a low-frequency, time-domain signal derived from the agent, until the aqueous medium acquires a detectable agent activity. Exemplary compositions are formed by exposure to a paclitaxel signal or a signal derived from a therapeutic oligonucleotide, such as GAPDH antisense RNA and PCSK9 antisense RNA. Also disclosed are methods for confirming the activity of the composition, and for preparing and testing the activity of the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: NATIVIS, INC.
    Inventors: B. Michael Butters, John T. Butters, Christine Bonzon, Marco Gymnopoulos, Mayra Montes Camacho
  • Publication number: 20110046394
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (X), and salts thereof, and their use as intermediates in improved manufacturing processes for the synthesis of pharmaceutical compound (I): X is ?O, ?N—OH or ?N—OC(O)Me; Y is hydrogen, PhS- or p-chlorophenylsulfanyl; Z is hydrogen or —CH2COOR1 wherein R1 is selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl and optionally substituted heterocyclyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Debra Ainge, Eric Merifield, Colin Thomson, Michael Butters, Ravi Ramakrishnan, Ravi Naidu Rayapati, Parhalad Ray Sharma
  • Publication number: 20100244818
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for generating and selecting low-frequency time-domain signals capable of transducing a mammalian system, to produce an agent-specific effect on the system, are disclosed. Low-frequency time-domain signals are generated in the presence of an injected magnetic stimulus, and the resulting signals are selected by a scoring algorithm, and optionally, by testing each signal identified by the scoring algorithm for its ability to produce an agent-specific response in a in vitro system containing components that are responsive to the agent. The selected signals are used to transduce the mammalian system by applying the signals to an electromagnetic transduction coil that holds the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher G. Atwood, Bennett Michael Butters, John T. Butters, Shirin M. Marfatia, Gabriel Vogeli
  • Publication number: 20100228028
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a compound of formula (V), useful for making rosuvastatin, by a stereoselective aldol reaction is described. Novel intermediates and processes to make them are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Butters, David Kenneth Cox, Jeffrey Norman Crabb, Steven Robert Lenger, Paul Michael Murrray, Evan William Snape
  • Patent number: 7790883
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof; from a compound of the formula: (IV); wherein L represents a leaving group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Michael Butters, Richard Wisedale, Matthew James Welham, Colin Thompson, Andrew Watts
  • Publication number: 20100217000
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of a compound of formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof; from a compound of the formula: (IV); wherein L represents a leaving group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Butters, Richard Wisedale, Matthew James Welham, Colin Thomson, Andrew Watts
  • Publication number: 20100210841
    Abstract: A process for preparing pharmaceutically active compounds of formula (I) or a salt thereof wherein R1, n, m, R3, R6, X1, X2, X3 and X4 are as defined in the specification, is described. Novel intermediates are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Michael Butters, Jeffrey Crabb, Philip Hopes, Bharti Patel
  • Publication number: 20090043097
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of a compound of formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof; from a compound of the formula: (IV); wherein L represents a leaving group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Colin Thomson, Andrew Watts, Michael Butters, Matthew James Welham, Richard Wisedale
  • Patent number: D907503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Acme Merchandise & Apparel, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Butter
  • Patent number: D944999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: EMulate Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Peterson, Bennett Michael Butters, Larry Hood