Patents by Inventor Steven Blair Coffey

Steven Blair Coffey 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).

  • Cyclopentapyridine and tetrahydroquinoline derivatives
    Patent number: 7507732
    Abstract: 6,7-Dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[b]pyridine and 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline compounds of Formula (I), including salts, hydrates and solvates thereof, that act as 5-HT2 receptor ligands and their uses in the treatment of diseases linked to the activation of 5-HT2c receptors are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Lefker, Kevin K. -C. Liu, Hou Chen, Steven Blair Coffey
  • Methods of photoacoustic imaging
    Patent number: 6662040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of generating an image of an animate human or non-human animal body or part thereof. The method comprises administering to said body a physiologically tolerable contrast agent comprising a radiation absorbing component and/or a pressure inducing component, exposing said body to radiation, detecting pressure waves generated in said body by said radiation and generating an optoacoustic image therefrom of at least a part of said body containing the administered contrast agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Amersham Health AS
    Inventors: Paul Mark Henrichs, Marten Eriksen, Pal Rongved, Wolfgang Hans Heinrich Gunther, Robert Allen Snow, Kenneth Robert Hollister, Gregory Lynn McIntire, Steven Blair Coffey