Patents by Inventor Rudolf Edgar Falk

Rudolf Edgar Falk 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: 6852708
    Abstract: For the prevention of the narrowing of the tubular walls of an animal after the tubular walls have been traumatized, the administration of a therapeutically effective non-toxic amount of a form of Hyaluronic Acid selected from Hyaluronic Acid, salts thereof and combinations thereof to the animal to prevent narrowing of the tubular walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Jagotec AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel Simon Ascuali, Eva Anne Turley
  • Publication number: 20040019011
    Abstract: A combination for administration to a mammal which combination employs a therapeutically effective amount of a medicinal and/or therapeutic agent to treat a disease or condition and an amount of hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof and/or homologues, analogues, derivatives, complexes, esters, fragments and subunits of hyaluronic acid sufficient to facilitate the agent's penetration through the tissue (including scar tissue) at the site to be treated, through the cell membranes into the individual cells to be treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel S. Asculai
  • Patent number: 6194392
    Abstract: A combination for administration to a mammal which combination employs a therapeutically effective amount of a medicinal and/or therapeutic agent to treat a disease or condition and an amount of hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof and/or homologues, analogues, derivatives, complexes, esters, fragments and subunits of hyaluronic acid sufficient to facilitate the agent's penetration through the tissue (including scar tissue) at the site to be treated, through the cell membranes into the individual cells to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel S. Asculai
  • Patent number: 6114314
    Abstract: Topically applied transdermally quick penetrating (best targeting the epidermis and subsequently remaining there for a prolonged period of time) systemic independent acting, combinations and formulations which employ, combine, or incorporate a therapeutically effective non-toxic (to the patient) amount of a drug which inhibits prostaglandin synthesis together with an amount of hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof (for example the sodium salt) and/or homologues, analogues, derivatives, complexes, esters, fragments, and/or sub units of hyaluronic acid to treat a disease and condition of the skin and exposed tissue for example, basal cell carcinoma, the precancerous, often recurrent, actinic keratoses lesions, fungal lesions, "liver" spots and like lesions (found for the most part in the epidermis), squamous cell tumours, metastatic cancer of the breast to the skin, primary and metastatic melanoma in the skin, genital warts cervical cancer, and HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) including HPV of the cervix, psoriasis (
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corp.
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel Simon Asculai, Ehud Shmuel Klein, David W. Harper, David Hochman, Don Purschke
  • Patent number: 6103704
    Abstract: A method of accumulating a drug and a form of hyaluronic acid in the skin and/or exposed tissue of a human includes topically administering a therapeutically effective dosage amount of a formulation which comprises at least 5 mg/cm.sup.2 of the form of hyaluronic acid and a therapeutically effective amount of the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel Simon Asculai, Ehud Shmuel Klein, David William Harper, David Hochman, Don Purschke
  • Patent number: 6069135
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is provided comprising:(1) an agent selected from a medicinal agent and a therapeutic agent and combinations thereof in a therapeutically effective amount to treat a disease or condition in humans who will benefit from the treatment with the agent; and(2) hyaluronic acid and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and/or fragments, and subunits of hyaluronic acid, characterized in that said composition(a) is in a dosage form which is suitable for administration in humans; and(b) is in a form in which (i) component (1) is in an effective dosage amount to treat said disease or condition by penetration at the site to be treated; and (ii) component (2) is immediately available to transport component (1) at the site to be treated, and which component (2) is in an effective non-toxic amount to facilitate the transport of component (1) upon administration, through the tissue including scar tissue, at the site to be treated and through the cell membranes or the individual cells to be
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel S. Asculai
  • Patent number: 6048844
    Abstract: A combination for administration to a mammal which combination employes a therapeutically effective amount of medicinal and/or therepeutic agent to treat a disease or condition and an amount of hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof and/or homologues, analogues, derivatives, complexes, esters, fragments and subunits of hyaluronic acid sufficient to facilitate the agent's penetration through the tissue (including scarr tissue) at the site to be treated, through the cell membrane into the individual cells to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel S. Asculai
  • Patent number: 6022866
    Abstract: A method is provided of inhibiting the narrowing of the vascular tubular walls of an animal by the proliferation of endothelial cells in the area of trauma after the vascular tubular walls have been traumatized, the method comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective non-toxic amount of a form of hyaluronic acid selected from the group consisting of hyaluronic acid and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof to the animal to inhibit the narrowing of the vascular tubular walls by the proliferation of endothelial cells into the area of trauma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel Simon Asculai, Eva Anne Turley
  • Patent number: 6017900
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a plurality of effective non-toxic dosage amounts of a composition for topical administration to the site of pathology or trauma of skin or exposed tissue of a human patient in need of treatment suffering from a disease or condition, each such dosage amount comprising a therapeutically effective non-toxic dosage amount of a drug for the treatment of the disease or condition of the skin or exposed tissue at the site of the pathology or trauma and an effective non-toxic dosage amount of hyaluronic acid or salts thereof or homologues, analogues, derivatives, complexes, esters, fragments, or sub-units of hyaluronic acid to transport the drug to the site of the pathology or trauma of the disease or condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel Simon Asculai
  • Patent number: 5990095
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of inhibiting the narrowing of the tubular walls of an animal with a form of hyaluronic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel Simon Ascuali, Eva Anne Turley
  • Patent number: 5985851
    Abstract: A method of detoxifying a patient by peritoneal dialysis which patient will benefit from peritoneal dialysis treatment by involving underperfused or pathological tissue the administration of an agent suitable for peritoneal dialysis treatment, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective dosage amount of a pharmaceutical composition for peritoneal dialysis treatment, each dosage amount comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an agent suitable for use in peritoneal dialysis and a sufficient amount of a form of hyaluronic acid selected from hyaluronic acid and non-toxic salts and combinations thereof sufficient to alter the agent's performance in the human body wherein said amount of the form of hyaluronic acid is sufficient to provide a dosage between 10 mg and 3000 mg of the form of hyaluronic acid and wherein the molecular weight of the form of hyaluronic acid is less than 750,000 daltons but greater than 150,000 daltons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel S. Asculai
  • Patent number: 5985850
    Abstract: A dosage amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an agent to treat a disease or condition involving underperfused tissue and pathological tissue in humans and a form of hyaluronic acid, wherein the form of hyaluronic acid is available to transport the agent from the point of administration to the site to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel S. Asculai
  • Patent number: 5972906
    Abstract: A method for the treatment of mucous membrane trauma disease or condition for the relief of pain associated therewith comprising administering topically an effective amount of a composition comprising an N.S.A.I.D. and a form of hyaluronic acid selected from hyaluronic acid, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, fragments thereof and/or subunits thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Simon Asculai, Alan Lawrence Russell, Rudolf Edgar Falk
  • Patent number: 5962433
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is provided comprising a plurality of effective non-toxic dosage amounts of a composition for topical administration to the site of pathology and/or trauma of skin and/or exposed tissue of a human patient in need of treatment suffering from a disease or condition. Each such dosage amount comprises a therapeutically effective non-toxic (to the patient) dosage amount of a drug for the treatment of the disease and/or condition of the skin and/or exposed tissue at the site of the pathology and/or trauma and an effective non-toxic dosage amount of hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof to transport (to facilitate or cause the transport of) the drug to the site of the pathology and/or trauma of the disease or condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel Simon Asculai
  • Patent number: 5932560
    Abstract: A combination for administration to a mammal which combination employs a therapeutically effective amount of a medicinal and/or therapeutic agent to treat a disease or condition and an amount of hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof and/or homologues, analogues, derivatives, complexes, esters, fragments and subunits of hyaluronic acid sufficient to facilitate the agent's penetration through the tissue (including scar tissue) at the site to be treated, through the cell membranes into the individual cells to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel S. Asculai
  • Patent number: 5929048
    Abstract: A combination for administration to a mammal which combination employs a therapeutically effective amount of a medicinal and/or therapeutic agent to treat a disease or condition and an amount of hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof and/or homologues, analogues, derivatives, complexes, esters, fragments and subunits of hyaluronic acid sufficient to facilitate the agent's penetration through the tissue (including scar tissue) at the site to be treated, through the cell membranes into the individual cells to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel S. Asculai
  • Patent number: 5914314
    Abstract: A combination for administration to a mammal which combination employs a therapeutically effective amount of a medicinal and/or therapeutic agent to treat a disease or condition and an amount of hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof and/or homologues, analogues, derivatives, complexes, esters, fragments and subunits of hyaluronic acid sufficient to facilitate the agent's penetration through the tissue (including scar tissue) at the site to be treated, through the cell membranes into the individual cells to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel S. Asculai
  • Patent number: 5914322
    Abstract: A topically applied transdermally penetrating systemic independent acting pharmaceutical combination and formulation for the treatment of a disease or condition of the skin and exposed tissue for example, basal cell carcinoma, the precancerous, often recurrent, actinic keratoses lesions, fungal lesions, "liver" spots and like lesions (found for the most part in the epidermis), squamous cell tumours, metastatic cancer of the breast to the skin, primary and metastatic melanoma in the skin, genital warts (condyloma acuminata) cervical cancer, and HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) including HPV of the cervix, psoriasis (both plaque-type psoriasis and nail bed psoriasis), corns on the feet and hair loss on the head of pregnant women, comprising, together with pharmaceutical excipients suitable for topical application, a therapeutically effective non-toxic amount of a drug which inhibits prostaglandin synthesis administered with, or carried in, an amount of hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof and/or homologues, analogue
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel Simon Asculai
  • Patent number: 5910489
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a plurality of effective non-toxic dosage amounts of a composition for topical administration to the site of pathology and/or trauma of skin and/or exposed tissue of a human patient in need of treatment suffering from a disease or condition, each such dosage amount comprising a therapeautically effective non-toxic (to the patient) dosage amount of a drug for the treatment of the disease and/or condition of the skin and/or exposed tissue at the site of the pathology and/or trauma and an effective non-toxic dosage amount of hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof and/or homologues, analogues, derivatives, complexes, esters, fragments, and/or sub-units of hyaluronic acid to transport (to facilitate or cause the transport of) the drug to the site of the pathology and/or trauma of the disease or condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel Simon Asculai
  • Patent number: 5852002
    Abstract: A combination for administration to a mammal which combination employs a therapeutically effective amount of a medicinal and/or therapeutic agent to treat a disease or condition and an amount of hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof and/or homologues, analogues, derivatives, complexes, esters, fragments and subunits of hyaluronic acid sufficient to facilitate the agent's penetration through the tissue (including scar tissue) at the site to be treated, through the cell membranes into the individual cells to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel S. Asculai