Patents by Inventor Sten Albrechtsen

Sten Albrechtsen 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 for drug delivery comprising nicotine or a derivative thereof and starch microspheres and method for the manufacturing thereof
    Patent number: 5939100
    Abstract: A powdery pharmaceutical composition comprising nicotine or a derivative thereof and starch microspheres. The starch microspheres are preferably degradable epichlorhydrin cross-linked starch microspheres. The average diameter of the microspheres is from around 1 .mu.m to around 200 .mu.m, preferably around 45 .mu.m. The invention also encompasses a method for manufacturing a powdery pharmaceutical composition comprising nicotine and starch microspheres. The invention further comprises a method of diminishing the desire of a subject to use tobacco which comprises the step of administering to the subject the above powdery pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Pharmacia and UpJohn AB
    Inventors: Sten Albrechtsen, Lene Orup-Jacobsen, Jens Hansen, Birgitte Mollgaard