Patents by Inventor Michael Timothy Bates

Michael Timothy Bates 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: 20040208832
    Abstract: Color-coded pulmonarily administrable therapy units (10) of medicine and a method for delivery. In one form of the invention, a pulmonarily administrable therapy unit (10) includes a disposable container (11) and a dry powder (16) held within the disposable container (11), which dry powder (16) includes a therapeutic agent. The disposable container (11) is insertable into an inhaler (30) and openable by operation of that inhaler (30) to allow therapeutic agent to escape from the disposable container (11) for inhalation. The disposable container (11) has a color-coding (26) that represents a total quantity of the therapeutic agent within the disposable container (11). The invention also encompasses a dosing system for pulmonary delivery via an inhaler (30) of a therapeutic agent, including first and second therapy units (10) separately loadable into an inhaler (30) and each holding a different quantity of a protein or peptide therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Michael Timothy Bates