Patents by Inventor Thomas G. Gerding

Thomas G. Gerding 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).

  • Bioadhesive polyethylene glycol ointment for medicaments
    Patent number: 5714165
    Abstract: A therapeutic composition having wet adherent properties and particularly useful for delivery of medicaments to mucosal surfaces comprises a therapeutically effective amount of a medicament dispersed in a base material comprising from about 3 to 15% by weight of a water soluble salt of a copolymer of methyl vinyl ether and maleic acid or anhydride and from about 85 to 97% by weight of polyethylene glycol. Formulations of the base material with triamcinolone acetonide and lidocaine are particularly efficacious in the treatment of recurrent aphthous ulcers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Mikkur, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Repka, Thomas G. Gerding
  • Stick formulations for topical drug delivery of therapeutic agents and uses thereof
    Patent number: 5622993
    Abstract: Stick formulations for topical delivery of water soluble and/or water insoluble agents are disclosed. The stick formulations may contain steroids, antibiotics, antifungals, antihistamines anti inflammatories or local anesthetics. The vehicles comprise a combination of waxes and oils and a surfactant in embodiments involving water soluble agents. Methods for preparing the various stick formulations are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Medical Polymers
    Inventors: James W. McGinity, Thomas G. Gerding, Roland Bodmeier
  • Stick formulations for topical drug delivery of therapeutic agents and uses thereof
    Patent number: 5597849
    Abstract: Stick formulations for topical delivery of water soluble and/or water insoluble agents are disclosed. The stick formulations may contain steroids, antibiotics, antifungals, antihistamines anti inflammatories or local anesthetics. The vehicles comprise a combination of waxes and oils and a surfactant in embodiments involving water soluble agents. Methods for preparing the various stick formulations are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Medical Polymer Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. McGinity, Thomas G. Gerding, Roland Bodmeier
  • Polyethylene glycol ointment for apthous ulcers
    Patent number: 5112620
    Abstract: A therapeutic ointment having wet adherent properties and particularly well suited for delivery of medicaments to mucosal surfaces includes a base material comprising from about 3 to 15% by weight of a water soluble salt of a copolymer of methyl vinyl ether and maleic acid or anhydride in a polyethylene glycol ointment. Formulations of the base material with triamcinolone acetonide and lidocaine are particularly efficacious in the treatment of recurrent aphthous ulcers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Mikkur, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Repka, Thomas G. Gerding