Patents by Inventor Robert M. Sayre

Robert M. Sayre 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).

  • Phototherapy methods using fluorescent UV light
    Patent number: 8647373
    Abstract: Vitamin D is supplemented in a human body by exposure of skin to light from a fluorescent lamp at a sub-erythemal dose of UV radiation. Wave lengths, emitted light intensities and repeat treatments without lamp refractory time are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventors: James G. Shepherd, John C. Dowdy, Robert M. Sayre
  • Medical uses of ultraviolet light
    Patent number: 7297155
    Abstract: A method of treating a patient having a condition selected from the group including hypertension, hypertensive crises, angina pectoris, chronic arthritis, erectile dysfunction, cerebral ischemia and chronic skin ulcers comprising the step of administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount or dose, or series of amounts or doses, of ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Inventors: E. William Rosenberg, Karl T. Weber, Robert M. Sayre, John C. Dowdy, James G. Shepherd
  • Substantive PABA compositions
    Patent number: 4254102
    Abstract: Novel topical sun-protective PABA formulations are provided which retain good protective index levels, even after moisture exposure. These cosmetically elegant formulations contain certain fatty alcohols and nonionic surfactants, and preferably certain cellulosics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1981
    Assignee: Plough, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Kaplan, Edward Marlowe, Robert M. Sayre