Patents by Inventor Michael E. Hoffer

Michael E. Hoffer 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).

  • Patent number: 11911402
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for treating brain injuries that include administering to a patient a first dosage of about 100 mg to about 500 mg of cannabidiol (CBD) and administering to the patient, concomitantly with the first dosage, a second dosage of about 1 to about 10 milligrams of Psilocybin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ECP Pharma
    Inventors: Nitin Anand, Michael E. Hoffer, Moiz Rangwalla, Andy Mera, Gilberto Iragorri
  • Publication number: 20230112459
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for treating brain injuries that include administering to a patient a first dosage of about 100 mg to about 500 mg of cannabidiol (CBD) and administering to the patient, concomitantly with the first dosage, a second dosage of about 1 to about 10 milligrams of Psilocybin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: ECP Pharma
    Inventors: Nitin ANAND, Michael E. HOFFER, Moiz RANGWALLA, Andy MERA, Gilberto IRAGORRI
  • Patent number: 11419493
    Abstract: An objective screening platform for mTBI screening includes a vergence testing stimulus generator visible to a subject and configured for presenting visual stimulus to a subject which forms an optical target stimulus for at least one vergence test; at least one data acquisition unit for obtaining objective physiologic responses of the subject unit based upon each of the visual stimulus presented to the subject in each test, wherein the objective physiologic responses for each test include at least one eye position parameter and at least one pupil area parameter; and a controller configured for using at least one eye position parameter and at least one pupil area parameter to screen for the presence of mTBI of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: NEURO KINETICS, INC & UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
    Inventors: Carey D. Balaban, Mikhaylo Szczupak, Michael E. Hoffer, Robin C. Ashmore, Alexander Kiderman
  • Publication number: 20180242842
    Abstract: An objective screening platform for mTBI screening includes a vergence testing stimulus generator visible to a subject and configures for presenting visual stimulus to a subject which forms an optical target stimulus for at least one vergence test; at least one data acquisition unit for obtaining objective physiologic responses of the subject unit based upon each of the visual stimulus presented to the subject in each test, wherein the objective physiologic responses for each test include at least one eye position parameter and at least one pupil area parameter; and a controller configured for using at least one eye position parameter and at least one pupil area parameter to screen for the presence of mTBI of the subject
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Carey D. Balaban, Mikhaylo Szczupak, Michael E. Hoffer, Robin C. Ashmore, Alexander Kiderman
  • Patent number: 6649621
    Abstract: The invention presents methods for preventing and treating sensorineural hearing loss and is directed to the restoration or protection of hair cells in individuals experiencing a non-presbycusis type sensorineural hearing loss or who are at risk for an acute hearing loss due to exposure to noise, toxins, or other stressors. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of agents which augment inner ear antioxidant defenses (e.g. acetyl-L-carnitine, steroids, compounds that are transported into inner ear hair cells and then synthesized by said cells into glutahione) to prevent and/or reverse hearing loss induced by noise, toxins, or other stressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Richard D. Kopke, Donald Henderson, Michael E. Hoffer
  • Publication number: 20010007871
    Abstract: The invention is accomplished by preventing and/or reversing inner ear damage due to noise or toxins. In part, this is accomplished by upregulating antioxidant enzyme activity by applying agents such as R-N6-Phenylisopropyl adenosine (R-PIA) to the round window membrane of the inner ear or systemically, and/or by also applying agents such as 1-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (Procysteine) to the round window membrane. Also, the invention is accomplished by giving the compounds systemically. Selective auditory hair cell protection in the face of gentamicin exposure by concomitant delivery of an NMDA antagonist or glial dervied neurtrophic factor (GDNF) with the gentamicin. These and additional agents are also accomplished by curtailing activated programmed cell death pathways and/or inducing/enhancing cell repair mechanisms in the inner ear. The agent(s) may be applied before, during or after the noise trauma or toxin exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Inventors: Richard D. Kopke, Donald Henderson, Michael E. Hoffer
  • Patent number: 6177434
    Abstract: The invention is accomplished by preventing and/or reversing inner ear damage due to noise or toxins. In part, this is accomplished by upregulating antioxidant enzyme activity by applying agents such as R-N6-Phenylisopropyl adenosine (R-PIA) to the round window membrane of the inner ear or systemically, and/or by also applying agents such as 1-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (Procysteine) to the round window membrane. Also, the invention is accomplished by giving the compounds systemically. Selective auditory hair cell protection in the face of gentamicin exposure by concomitant delivery of an NMDA antagonist or glial derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) with the gentamicin. These and additional agents are also accomplished by curtailing activated programmed cell death pathways and/or inducing/enhancing cell repair mechanisms in the inner ear. The agent (s) may be applied before, during or after the noise trauma or toxin exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Richard D. Kopke, Donald Henderson, Michael E. Hoffer