Patents by Inventor Stuart Hoffman

Stuart Hoffman 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: 20120245133
    Abstract: Methods of treating a subject with a traumatic central nervous system injury, more particularly, a traumatic brain injury, are provided. The methods comprise a therapy comprising a constant or a two-level dosing regime of progesterone. In one method, a subject in need thereof is administered at least one cycle of therapy, wherein the cycle of therapy comprises administering a therapeutically effective two-level intravenous dosing regime of progesterone. The two-level dosing regime comprises a first time period, wherein a higher hourly dose of progesterone is administered to the subject, followed by a second time period, wherein a lower hourly dose of progesterone is administered to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Stuart Hoffman, Arthur Kellermann, Donald Stein, David Wright, Douglas Lowery-North
  • Publication number: 20090325920
    Abstract: Methods of treating a subject with a traumatic central nervous system injury, more particularly, a traumatic brain injury, are provided. The methods comprise a therapy comprising a constant or a two-level dosing regime of progesterone. In one method, a subject in need thereof is administered at least one cycle of therapy, wherein the cycle of therapy comprises administering a therapeutically effective two-level intravenous dosing regime of progesterone. The two-level dosing regime comprises a first time period, wherein a higher hourly dose of progesterone is administered to the subject, followed by a second time period, wherein a lower hourly dose of progesterone is administered to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Emory University
    Inventors: Stuart Hoffman, Arthur Kellermann, Donald Stein, David Wright, Douglas Lowery-North
  • Publication number: 20070078117
    Abstract: Methods of treating a subject with a traumatic central nervous system injury, more particularly, a traumatic brain injury, are provided. The methods comprise a therapy comprising a constant or a two-level dosing regime of progesterone. In one method, a subject in need thereof is administered at least one cycle of therapy, wherein the cycle of therapy comprises administering a therapeutically effective two-level intravenous dosing regime of progesterone. The two-level dosing regime comprises a first time period, wherein a higher hourly dose of progesterone is administered to the subject, followed by a second time period, wherein a lower hourly dose of progesterone is administered to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: Emory University
    Inventors: Stuart Hoffman, Arthur Kellermann, Donald Stein, David Wright, Douglas Lowery-North
  • Publication number: 20050187188
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for conferring a neuroprotective effect on a population of cells in a subject following a traumatic injury to the central nervous system. Specifically, the methods of the invention provide for the administration of a progestin or progestin metabolite following a traumatic brain injury. The progestin or progestin metabolite is administered at therapeutically effective concentrations that produce a neuroprotective effect (i.e., a decrease in the loss of neuronal activity) and reduces and/or prevents the various physiological events leading to neurodegeneration, such as, cerebral edema and the immune/inflammatory response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Emory University
    Inventors: Donald Stein, Stuart Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20020029198
    Abstract: A flexible billing system and method of managing the billing needs of both customers and users. Billing events such as telephone calls are logged and stored by a computer. These events are then accessed by the billing system and associated with customers. Customers are billed based on the pricing rule they are associated with. Bills may then be created according to the bill format the customer is associated with and the customers is then invoiced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventor: Stuart Hoffman