Patents by Inventor Theodore Krupin

Theodore Krupin 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).

  • Device and method for controlling intraocular fluid pressure
    Patent number: 5454796
    Abstract: An implantable device used in treating glaucoma includes a movable plate shaped and sized to fit in a single quadrant of an eye to provide maximum surface area. A drainage tube is attached to the plate and has a distal end for insertion into the anterior chamber of the eye to drain fluid. A valve is disposed in the tube to control the fluid pressure within the eye and prevent hypotony. The plate is made of soft surgical grade polymeric material to prevent extrusion from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Hood Laboratories
    Inventor: Theodore Krupin
  • Method of lowering intraocular (eye) pressure
    Patent number: 4853375
    Abstract: A method of lowering intraocular pressure in the eye of a human or an animal, the method involving administering to the eye, an agent comprising an amount of tetracycline or a tetracycline related compound, such as demeclocycline, sufficient to achieve a significant lowering of intraocular pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Theodore Krupin, Richard A. Stone
  • Method of reducing intraocular pressure with salts of vanadic acid
    Patent number: 4343794
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of reducing intraocular pressure in mammals which comprises administering topically to the eye a vanadium compound in an amount effective to reduce intraocular pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1982
    Assignees: Mt. Sinai, Washington University
    Inventors: Steven Podos, Theodore Krupin, Bernard Becker
  • Device for controlling intraocular fluid pressure
    Patent number: D356867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Hood Laboratories
    Inventor: Theodore Krupin