Patents by Inventor Roger Jeffs

Roger Jeffs 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: 9199908
    Abstract: This invention pertains generally to prostacyclin formulations and methods for their use in promoting vasodilation, inhibiting platelet aggregation and thrombus formation, stimulating thrombolysis, inhibiting cell proliferation (including vascular remodeling), providing cytoprotection, preventing atherogenesis and inducing angiogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: United Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Phares, David Mottola, Roger Jeffs, Michael Wade
  • Publication number: 20150246078
    Abstract: The application is directed to a method for treating or preventing vasculopathy comprising administrating to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising mesenchymal precursor cells (MPCs) and a prostacyclin. Also provided a method for treating or preventing vasculopathy in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a prostacyclin and a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) or a MSC-conditioned culture medium or administering to the subject a MSC or a MSC-conditioned culture medium that has treated with prostacyclin. Pharmaceutical compositions suitable for such treatments are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: United Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Jeffs, Thomas Petersen, Roger M. Ilagan, Michael Wade
  • Publication number: 20150216909
    Abstract: The current application is directed to a method for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), comprising: providing isolated endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs); treating the EPCs with prostacyclin, wherein the treated EPCs exhibit a by perproliferative phenotype with enhanced angiogenic property; and administering a composition comprising the treated EPCs into a subject suffering from PAH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: United Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Jeffs, Thomas Petersen, Roger M. Ilagan, Michael Wade
  • Publication number: 20150005374
    Abstract: This invention pertains generally to prostacyclin formulations and methods for their use in promoting vasodilation, inhibiting platelet aggregation and thrombus formation, stimulating thrombolysis, inhibiting cell proliferation (including vascular remodeling), providing cytoprotection, preventing atherogenesis and inducing angiogenesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: United Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Phares, David MOTTOLA, Roger Jeffs
  • Publication number: 20140193379
    Abstract: Provided are methods for treating or preventing vasculopathy in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a prostacyclin and a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) or a MSC-conditioned culture medium or administering to the subject a MSC or a MSC-conditioned culture medium that has treated with prostacyclin. Pharmaceutical compositions suitable for such treatments are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: United Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Jeffs, Thomas Petersen, Roger M. Ilagan, Michael Wade
  • Patent number: 8765813
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel methods for using treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of ischemic lesions, such as digital ulcers, in subjects with scleroderma (including systemic sclerosis), Buerger's disease, Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon and/or other conditions that cause such lesions. The disclosure also relates to kits for treatment and/or prevention of ischemic lesions, which include an effective amount of treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: United Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Wade, Roger Jeffs, Robert Roscigno, Deborah Strootman, Kathryn Bronstein
  • Publication number: 20140018431
    Abstract: The present invention describes methods for using Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of interstitial lung disease or asthma, or a condition, such as pulmonary fibrosis, associated with interstitial lung disease or a condition associated with asthma. The invention also relates to kits for treatment and/or prevention of such condition that include an effective amount of Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: United Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Wade, Stuart Rich, Eugene Sullivan, Robert Roscigno, Roger Jeffs
  • Publication number: 20120129941
    Abstract: The present invention describes methods for using Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of interstitial lung disease or asthma, or a condition, such as pulmonary fibrosis, associated with interstitial lung disease or a condition associated with asthma. The invention also relates to kits for treatment and/or prevention of such condition that include an effective amount of Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Wade, Stuart Rich, Eugene Sullivan, Robert Roscigno, Roger Jeffs
  • Patent number: 7999007
    Abstract: Buffer solutions for pharmaceutical preparations that have bactericidal activity preferentially against gram negative bacteria are provided. The buffers have a pH of greater than about 10 or less than about 4.5 with low buffer capacity. Methods of their use in reducing the occurrence of blood stream infections in a mammal is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: United Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Jeffs, David Zaccardelli
  • Publication number: 20110144204
    Abstract: Buffer solutions for pharmaceutical preparations that have bactericidal activity preferentially against gram negative bacteria are provided. The buffers have a pH of greater than about 10 or less than about 4.5 with low buffer capacity. Methods of their use in reducing the occurrence of blood stream infections in a mammal is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Roger Jeffs, David Zaccardelli
  • Publication number: 20090081319
    Abstract: Buffer solutions for pharmaceutical preparations that have bactericidal activity preferentially against gram negative bacteria are provided. The buffers have a pH of greater than about 10 or less than about 4.5 with low buffer capacity. Methods of their use in reducing the occurrence of blood stream infections in a mammal is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Roger Jeffs, David Zaccardelli
  • Publication number: 20080280986
    Abstract: The present invention describes methods for using Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of interstitial lung disease or asthma, or a condition, such as pulmonary fibrosis, associated with interstitial lung disease or a condition associated with asthma. The invention also relates to kits for treatment and/or prevention of such condition that include an effective amount of Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Wade, Stuart Rich, Eugene Sullivan, Robert Roscigno, Roger Jeffs
  • Publication number: 20080131398
    Abstract: One can treat a viral infection by first administering at least one first antiviral compound for a first time period and then, after the end of the first time period, concurrently or subsequently administering the at least one first antiviral compound and at least one second antiviral compound for a second period. In some cases, after the end of the second period, the same at least one second antiviral compound that was administered during the second time period may be administered for a third time period without concurrent or subsequent administration of the at least one first antiviral compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Roger JEFFS, S. Karl Gotzkowsky, Raymond Allen Dwek, Nicole Zitzmann
  • Publication number: 20050282903
    Abstract: The present invention describes novel methods for using 9-deoxy-2?,9-?-methano-3-oxa-4,5,6-trinor-3,7-(1?,3?-interphenylene)-13,14-dihydro-prostaglandin F1 (also known as Treprostinil) or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of foot ulcers in subjects with diabetic neuropathy. The invention also relates to kits for treatment and/or prevention of foot ulcers, comprising an effective amount of Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Wade, Roger Jeffs, Deborah Strootman
  • Publication number: 20050165111
    Abstract: The present invention describes novel methods for using Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of ischemic lesions, such as digital ulcers, in subjects with scleroderma (including systemic sclerosis), Buerger's disease, Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon and/or other conditions that cause such lesions. The invention also relates to kits for treatment and/or prevention of ischemic lesions, comprising an effective amount of Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Wade, Roger Jeffs, Robert Roscigno, Deborah Strootman, Kathryn Bronstein