Patents by Inventor Simona Skerjanec

Simona Skerjanec 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: 20150038449
    Abstract: A method for reducing or maintaining platelet inhibition in a patient by administering cangrelor prior to an invasive procedure is described. The method of this invention can be used for patients in need of antiplatelet therapy or at risk of thrombosis. The method can further be used in patients who were previously treated with long-acting platelet inhibitors without increasing the risk of excessive bleeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Jayne Prats, Meredith Todd
  • Patent number: 8871736
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing a disease or condition in a subject that was previously treated with at least one thienopyridine is described. The method includes administering to the subject an effective amount of at least one reversible, short-acting P2Yi2 inhibitor. The described method can be used for subjects diagnosed with symptoms such as stable or unstable angina, vascular ischemic events, atherosclerosis, acute coronary syndrome, as well as STEMi or N-STEMI. The described method can also be used for patients having previously received a stent, such as a bare metal stent or a drug-eluting stent, and the treatment or prevention of stent thrombosis. The method can be used prior to, during, or after an invasive procedure such as coronary artery bypass grafting, percutaneous coronary intervention, or other general surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Steven Steinhubl
  • Patent number: 8759316
    Abstract: A method for reducing or maintaining platelet inhibition in a patient by administering cangrelor prior to an invasive procedure is described. The method of this invention can be used for patients in need of antiplatelet therapy or at risk of thrombosis. The method can further be used in patients who were previously treated with long-acting platelet inhibitors without increasing the risk of excessive bleeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Jayne Prats, Meredith Todd, Clive Arthur Arculus-Meanwell, Diane Mould
  • Patent number: 8716261
    Abstract: A method for reducing or maintaining platelet inhibition in a patient by administering cangrelor prior to an invasive procedure is described. The method of this invention can be used for patients in need of antiplatelet therapy or at risk of thrombosis. The method can further be used in patients who were previously treated with long-acting platelet inhibitors without increasing the risk of excessive bleeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Jayne Prats, Meredith Todd
  • Publication number: 20140107032
    Abstract: Methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing an ischemic event in a patient undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), comprising administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising cangrelor. The method may further comprise administering an additional therapeutic agent to the patient, the additional therapeutic agent comprising bivalirudin or a P2Y12 inhibitor. Pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing an ischemic event in a patient undergoing PCI. The pharmaceutical compositions comprise cangrelor, and optionally bivalirudin. Methods of preparing a pharmaceutical composition for treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing an ischemic event in a patient undergoing PCI, comprising admixing cangrelor with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. An ischemic event may include stent thrombosis, myocardial infarction, ischemia-driven revascularization, and mortality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: Clive Arthur Arculus-Meanwell, Simona Skerjanec, Jayne Prats
  • Patent number: 8680052
    Abstract: Methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing an ischemic event in a patient undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), comprising administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising cangrelor. The method may further comprise administering an additional therapeutic agent to the patient, the additional therapeutic agent comprising a P2Y12 inhibitor. Pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing an ischemic event in a patient undergoing PCI. The pharmaceutical compositions comprise cangrelor. Methods of preparing a pharmaceutical composition for treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing an ischemic event in a patient undergoing PCI, comprising admixing cangrelor with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. An ischemic event may include stent thrombosis, myocardial infarction, ischemia-driven revascularization, and mortality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: Clive Arthur Arculus-Meanwell, Simona Skerjanec, Jayne Prats, David J. Schneider
  • Publication number: 20130324492
    Abstract: A method for reducing or maintaining platelet inhibition in a patient by administering cangrelor prior to an invasive procedure is described. The method of this invention can be used for patients in need of antiplatelet therapy or at risk of thrombosis. The method can further be used in patients who were previously treated with long-acting platelet inhibitors without increasing the risk of excessive bleeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Jayne Prats, Meredith Todd, Clive Arthur Arculus-Meanwell, Diane Mould
  • Publication number: 20130316968
    Abstract: A method for reducing or maintaining platelet inhibition in a patient by administering cangrelor prior to an invasive procedure is described. The method of this invention can be used for patients in need of antiplatelet therapy or at risk of thrombosis. The method can further be used in patients who were previously treated with long-acting platelet inhibitors without increasing the risk of excessive bleeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Jayne Prats, Meredith Todd
  • Publication number: 20130303478
    Abstract: A method for reducing or maintaining platelet inhibition in a patient by administering cangrelor prior to an invasive procedure is described. The method of this invention can be used for patients in need of antiplatelet therapy or at risk of thrombosis. The method can further be used in patients who were previously treated with long-acting platelet inhibitors without increasing the risk of excessive bleeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Jayne Prats, Meredith Todd, Clive Arthur Arculus-Meanwell, Diane Mould
  • Publication number: 20130303477
    Abstract: A method for reducing or maintaining platelet inhibition in a patient by administering cangrelor prior to an invasive procedure is described. The method of this invention can be used for patients in need of antiplatelet therapy or at risk of thrombosis. The method can further be used in patients who were previously treated with long-acting platelet inhibitors without increasing the risk of excessive bleeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Jayne Prats, Meredith Todd
  • Publication number: 20110288043
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing a disease or condition in a subject that was previously treated with at least one thienopyhdine is described. The method includes administering to the subject an effective amount of at least one reversible, short-acting P2Yi2 inhibitor. The described method can be used for subjects diagnosed with symptoms such as stable or unstable angina, vascular ischemic events, atherosclerosis, acute coronary syndrome, as well as STEMi or N-STEMI. The described method can also be used for patients having previously received a stent, such as a bare metal stent or a drug-eluting stent, and the treatment or prevention of stent thrombosis. The method can be used prior to, during, or after an invasive procedure such as coronary artery bypass grafting, percutaneous coronary intervention, or other genera! surgical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Steven Steinhubl
  • Publication number: 20110112030
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the following: methods of treating or preventing stent thrombosis using pharmaceutical compositions comprising cangrelor and optionally bivalirudin; methods of reducing mortality in a subject undergoing stent implantation using pharmaceutical compositions comprising cangrelor and optionally bivalirudin; medicaments comprising cangrelor and optionally bivalirudin useful for treating or preventing stent thrombosis, or useful for reducing mortality in a subject undergoing stent implantation; pharmaceutical compositions comprising cangrelor and bivalirudin; and methods of preparing a medicament comprising cangrelor and optionally bivalirudin useful for treating or preventing stent thrombosis, or useful for reducing mortality in a subject undergoing stent implantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: THE MEDICINES COMPANY
    Inventors: Clive Arthur ARCULUS-MEANWELL, Simona SKERJANEC
  • Publication number: 20090247465
    Abstract: A method of treating acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in a patient, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an indirect thrombin inhibitor to the patient, and subsequently administering a therapeutically effective amount of a direct thrombin inhibitor to the patient wherein the direct thrombin inhibitor is administered prior to and during an invasive bodily procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Lance Baldo, Stephanie Plent, Simona Skerjanec, Clive Meanwell
  • Publication number: 20040110825
    Abstract: A novel method of treating and/or preventing sepsis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew Loh, William Louis Macias, Simona Skerjanec