Patents by Inventor Stefan Heim

Stefan Heim 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).

  • Composition
    Patent number: 8097281
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dosage forms for oral administration of therapeutic formulations, adapted to provide immediate and/or sustained-release of therapeutic substances, particularly for oral administration of vitamins. There is provided a dosage form for oral administration of a vitamin, comprising: a liquid phase containing a vitamin, e.g. Vitamin C in a relatively fast release form and a solid phase suspended in the liquid phase and containing a vitamin e.g. Vitamin C in a relatively slow release form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Stefan Heim, Martina Birgit Schmid, Christoph Walter Theurer
  • Sustained release vitamin composition
    Patent number: 7422758
    Abstract: A therapeutic formulation in the form of a beadlet, suitable for oral administration and adapted to provide immediate and sustained release of therapeutic material. Each beadlet comprises an extruded-spheronized inner core containing at least one medicament e.g. a slow release vitamin, an outer layer containing at least one medicament e.g. a fast release vitamin and a controlled release coating between the inner core and the outer layer which coating controls the release of the inner core medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignees: GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GmbH & Co. KG, Allphamed Pharbil Pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Block, Stefan Heim, Ralf Westerheide
  • Composition
    Publication number: 20080193523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dosage forms for oral administration of therapeutic formulations, adapted to provide immediate and/or sustained-release of therapeutic substances, particularly for oral administration of vitamins. There is provided a dosage form for oral administration of a vitamin, comprising: a liquid phase containing a vitamin, e.g. Vitamin C in a relatively fast release form and optionally a solid phase suspended in the liquid phase and containing a vitamin e.g. Vitamin C in a relatively slow release form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Stefan Heim, Martina Birgit Schmid, Christoph Walter Theurer
  • Sustained release vitamin composition
    Publication number: 20030148992
    Abstract: A therapeutic formulation in the form of a beadlet, suitable for oral administration and adapted to provide immediate and sustained release of therapeutic material. Each beadlet comprises an extruded-spheronized inner core containing at least one medicament e.g. a slow release vitamin, an outer layer containing at least one medicament e.g. a fast release vitamin and a controlled release coating between the inner core and the outer layer which coating controls the release of the inner core medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Juergen Block, Stefan Heim, Ralf Westerheide