Patents by Inventor T. Cooper Woods

T. Cooper Woods 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).

  • Oral insulin therapy
    Patent number: 7429564
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical dosage forms for oral administration to a patient for the treatment of diabetes, comprising insulin and a delivery agent that facilitates insulin transport in a therapeutically effective amount to the bloodstream and that result in a lower incidence of vascular diseases associated with the repeated administration of insulin are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of attenuating the undesirable incidence of diseases associated with chronic dosing of insulin is provided whereby the oral administration to a patient of insulin along with a suitable delivery agent that facilitates the absorption of insulin from the gastrointestinal tract of the patient in a therapeutically effective amount, for treatment of diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ehud Arbit, Richat Abbas, Michael Goldberg, T. Cooper Woods, Steven Dinh, Vivien Wong
  • Oral insulin therapy
    Publication number: 20030198666
    Abstract: A method of attenuating the undesirable incidence of diseases associated with chronic dosing of insulin is provided whereby the oral administration to a patient of insulin along with a suitable delivery agent that facilitates the absorption of insulin from the gastrointestinal tract of the patient in a therapeutically effective amount, for treatment of diabetes. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical dosage forms for oral administration to a patient for the treatment of diabetes, comprising insulin and a delivery agent that facilitates insulin transport in a therapeutically effective amount to the bloodstream and that result in a lower incidence of vascular diseases associated with the repeated administration of insulin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Richat Abbas, Michael M. Goldberg, T. Cooper Woods, Steven Dinh, Ehud Arbit