Patents by Inventor Stuart Kupfer

Stuart Kupfer 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: 20260097021
    Abstract: Methods for treating obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are described herein. The treatment methods include the administration of a cardiac myosin inhibitor (CK-3773274, also referred to as CK-274 or aficamten) and may include titrating an administrated daily dose based on one or more components of an echocardiogram. The daily dose may be increased, maintained, decreased, or terminated, based on the echocardiogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Fady MALIK, Stuart KUPFER, Stephen B. HEITNER, Laura Ann ROBERTSON, Lixin MENG, Anna OSMUKHINA, Qi WOHLTMAN
  • Publication number: 20250295639
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating patients by administering aficamten, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, including in combination with beta blockers. The treatment methods include improving heart rate reserve, peak metabolic equivalents (METs), exercise duration, peak oxygen uptake (pVO2) as well as other parameters related to exercise capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2024
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Fady MALIK, Stuart KUPFER, Stephen B. HEITNER, Daniel Louis JACOBY, Lixin MENG
  • Patent number: 12370179
    Abstract: Methods for treating obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are described herein. The treatment methods include the administration of a cardiac myosin inhibitor (CK-3773274, also referred to as CK-274 or aficamten) and may include titrating an administrated daily dose based on one or more components of an echocardiogram. The daily dose may be increased, maintained, decreased, or terminated, based on the echocardiogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: CYTOKINETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Fady Malik, Stuart Kupfer, Stephen B. Heitner, Laura Ann Robertson, Lixin Meng, Anna Osmukhina, Qi Wohltman
  • Publication number: 20250177357
    Abstract: Methods for treating obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are described herein. The treatment methods include the administration of a cardiac myosin inhibitor (CK-3773274, also referred to as CK-274 or aficamten) and may include titrating an administrated daily dose based on one or more components of an echocardiogram. The daily dose may be increased, maintained, decreased, or terminated, based on the echocardiogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Fady MALIK, Stuart KUPFER, Stephen B. HEITNER, Laura Ann ROBERTSON, Lixin MENG, Anna OSMUKHINA, Qi WOHLTMAN
  • Publication number: 20240115554
    Abstract: Methods for treating symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM) are described herein. The treatment methods include the administration of a cardiac myosin inhibitor (CK-3773274, also referred to as CK-274 or aficamten) and may include titrating an administrated daily dose based on one or more components of an echocardiogram. The daily dose may be increased, maintained, decreased, or terminated, based on the echocardiogram. The methods may be useful for treating patients who have been recently diagnosed with oHCM, patients who are treatment naïve for oHCM, or patients who have previously received SOC medical therapy for oHCM and have discontinued said therapy prior to administration of aficamten, such as patients with chronic oHCM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Fady MALIK, Stuart KUPFER, Daniel Louis JACOBY, Stephen B. HEITNER, Chiara MELLONI, Lisa MENG, Qi WOHLTMAN
  • Publication number: 20240091203
    Abstract: Methods for treating non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with mid-ventricular obstruction (MVO) are described herein. The treatment methods include the administration of a cardiac myosin inhibitor (CK-3773274, also referred to as CK-274 or aficamten) and may include titrating an administrated daily dose based on a component of an echocardiogram. The daily dose may be increased, maintained, or decreased, or terminated, based on the echocardiogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen B. HEITNER, Fady MALIK, Stuart KUPFER, Daniel Louis JACOBY
  • Publication number: 20230058927
    Abstract: Methods for treating obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are described herein. The treatment methods include the administration of a cardiac myosin inhibitor (CK-3773274, also referred to as CK-274 or aficamten) and may include titrating an administrated daily dose based on one or more components of an echocardiogram. The daily dose may be increased, maintained, decreased, or terminated, based on the echocardiogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Fady MALIK, Stuart Kupfer, Stephen B. Heitner, Laura Ann Robertson, Lixin Meng, Anna Osmukhina, Qi Wohltman