Patents by Inventor Roderick Hafner

Roderick Hafner 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: 20140144443
    Abstract: A delivery device for and method of providing for delivery of substance to the central nervous system (CNS) of a subject, the delivery device comprising: a nosepiece unit for insertion into a nasal airway of a subject and comprising an outlet unit which includes a nozzle for delivering substance into the nasal airway of the subject; and a substance supply unit which is operable to deliver a dose of substance to the nozzle; wherein the delivery device is configured such that at least 30% of the dose as initially deposited in the nasal airway is deposited in an upper posterior region of the nasal airway, thereby providing a CNS concentration of the substance, and hence CNS effect, which is significantly greater than that which would be predicted from a counterpart blood plasma concentration of the substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: OptiNose AB
    Inventors: Per Gisle Djupesland, Peter Roderick Hafner
  • Publication number: 20140144442
    Abstract: A delivery device for and method of providing for delivery of substance to the central nervous system (CNS) of a subject, the delivery device comprising: a nosepiece unit for insertion into a nasal airway of a subject and comprising an outlet unit which includes a nozzle for delivering substance into the nasal airway of the subject; and a substance supply unit which is operable to deliver a dose of substance to the nozzle; wherein the delivery device is configured such that at least 30% of the dose as initially deposited in the nasal airway is deposited in an upper posterior region of the nasal airway, thereby providing a CNS concentration of the substance, and hence CNS effect, which is significantly greater than that which would be predicted from a counterpart blood plasma concentration of the substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: OptiNose AS
    Inventors: Per Gisle Djupesland, Peter Roderick Hafner
  • Publication number: 20100035805
    Abstract: A formulation for administration to a nasal or buccal cavity of a subject which comprises a non-aqueous liquid environment, preferably an emollient oil base, and at least one active molecule, preferably a dopamine agonist and especially apomorphine, in solution or suspension therein, wherein in one embodiment the formulation has such a viscosity as to be delivered as a liquid jet from a spray pump which is capable of delivering an aerosol spray of an aqueous formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: OptiNose AS
    Inventor: Peter Roderick Hafner
  • Patent number: 7022313
    Abstract: New compositions formed from the combination of an active substance with a hydrogel carrier moiety are provided. The compositions are suitable for use in high-velocity transdermal particle injection techniques. Methods of providing the new compositions are also provided. In addition, methods for administering pharmacologically active agent to a subject are provided. These methods are useful for delivering drugs, biopharmaceuticals, vaccines and diagnostics agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: PowderJect Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Barbara Horsey O'Connor, Terry Lee Burkoth, Steven Joseph Prestrelski, Yuh-Fun Maa, Andrew Muddle, Roderick Hafner
  • Publication number: 20050191361
    Abstract: New compositions formed from the combination of an active substance with a hydrogel carrier moiety are provided. The compositions are suitable for use in high-velocity transdermal particle injection techniques. Methods of providing the new compositions are also provided. In addition, methods for administering pharmacologically active agent to a subject are provided. These methods are useful for delivering drugs, biopharmaceuticals, vaccines and diagnostics agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Barbara O'Connor, Terry Burkoth, Steven Prestrelski, Yuh-Fun Maa, Andrew Muddle, Roderick Hafner
  • Publication number: 20020061336
    Abstract: New compositions formed from the combination of an active substance with a hydrogel carrier moiety are provided. The compositions are suitable for use in high-velocity transdermal particle injection techniques. Methods of providing the new compositions are also provided. In addition, methods for administering pharmacologically active agent to a subject are provided. These methods are useful for delivering drugs, biopharmaceuticals, vaccines and diagnostics agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Barbara Horsey O'Connor, Terry Lee Burkoth, Steven Joseph Prestrelski, Yuh-Fun Maa, Andrew Muddle, Roderick Hafner