Patents by Inventor Torsten Steinmetzer

Torsten Steinmetzer 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: 20160257708
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of acylated 4-amidino- or 4-guanidinobenzylamine in accordance with the general formula I P4-P3-P2-P1??(I) where P4 is a monosubstituted or polysubstituted or unsubstituted benzylsulfonyl group, P3 is a monosubstituted or polysubstituted or unsubstituted, natural or unnatural ?-amino acid or ?-imino acid in the D configuration, P2 is a monosubstituted or polysubstituted or unsubstituted, natural or unnatural ?-amino acid or ?-imino acid in the L configuration, and P1 is a monosubstituted or polysubstituted or unsubstituted 4-amidino- or 4-guanidinobenzylamine group, for inhibiting plasma kallikrein (PK), factor XIa and factor XIIa, in particular for preventing the activation of coagulation at synthetic surfaces and for systemic administration as anticoagulants/-antithrombotic agents, in particular for preventing the activation of coagulation at synthetic surfaces for the purpose of averting thromboembolic events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Joerg STUERZEBECHER, Torsten STEINMETZER, Andrea SCHWEINITZ
  • Patent number: 9365613
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of acylated 4-amidino- or 4-guanidinobenzylamine in accordance with the general formula I P4-P3-P2-P1??(I), where P4 is a monosubstituted or polysubstituted or unsubstituted benzylsulfonyl group, P3 is a monosubstituted or polysubstituted or unsubstituted, natural or unnatural ?-amino acid or ?-imino acid in the D configuration, P2 is a monosubstituted or polysubstituted or unsubstituted, natural or unnatural ?-amino acid or ?-imino acid in the L configuration, and P1 is a monosubstituted or polysubstituted or unsubstituted 4-amidino- or 4-guanidinobenzylamine group, for inhibiting plasma kallikrein (PK), factor XIa and factor XIIa, in particular for preventing the activation of coagulation at synthetic surfaces and for systemic administration as anticoagulants/antithrombotic agents, in particular for preventing the activation of coagulation at synthetic surfaces for the purpose of averting thromboembolic events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Stürzebecher, Torsten Steinmetzer, Andrea Schweinitz
  • Patent number: 9133194
    Abstract: The invention relates to peptide mimetics comprising the residues P4-P3-P2-P1, which were cyclized between the side chains of P3 and P2 amino acid and are, as inhibitors of the serine protease plasmin, suitable to be used to inhibit fibrinolysis and thus to reduce blood loss in hyperfibrinolytic conditions, for example during surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Inventors: Torsten Steinmetzer, Sebastian Saupe
  • Patent number: 9090658
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel base-substituted benzylamine analogs of general formula (I), wherein A represents P2-P1 with P1?(A) and P2?(B), for use as coagulation factor Xa inhibitors. The invention also relates to the production and use of said analogs in the therapy and prophylaxis of cardiovascular diseases and thromboembolic events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Stürzebecher, Torsten Steinmetzer, Andrea Schweinitz, Anne Stürzebecher, Daniel Dönnecke
  • Patent number: 8921319
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of making and using compounds of the formula shown, which are inhibitors of human plasmin and plasma kallikrein. (Formula I) The compounds are useful for the prevention of blood loss, and as components of fibrin adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Steinmetzer, Sebastian Martin Saupe
  • Patent number: 8865865
    Abstract: The invention refers to multibasic, N-terminally modified tetrapeptide mimetics with a C-terminal P1-arginine mimetic, methods for their production and use for therapy and prophylaxis of diseases, caused by bacterial pathogens or viruses, as well as for therapy and prophylaxis of diabetes, arteriosclerosis, cancer, Alzheimer's or the onset of obesity, as well as the use of these compounds as inhibitors of the proprotein convertases which cleave behind basic P1 residues, especially for inhibition of the protease furin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Philipps-Universitat Marburg
    Inventors: Torsten Steinmetzer, Gero Becker, Wolfgang Garten
  • Publication number: 20140213781
    Abstract: The invention relates to peptide mimetics comprising the residues P4-P3-P2-P1, which were cyclized between the side chains of P3 and P2 amino acid and are, as inhibitors of the serine protease plasmin, suitable to be used to inhibit fibrinolysis and thus to reduce blood loss in hyperfibrinolytic conditions, for example during surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: PHILIPPS-UNIVERSITÄT MARBURG
    Inventors: Torsten Steinmetzer, Sebastian Saupe
  • Patent number: 8569313
    Abstract: The invention relates to meta-substituted phenyl sulfonyl amides of secondary amino acid amides according to the general formula (I), (II), or (III), the production thereof, and the use thereof as matriptase inhibitors, in particular the use thereof as drugs for inhibiting tumor growth and/or metastasization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Steinmetzer, Andrea Schweinitz, Daniel Donnecke
  • Publication number: 20130267467
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of making and using compounds of the formula shown, which are inhibitors of human plasmin and plasma kallikrein. (Formula I) The compounds are useful for the prevention of blood loss, and as components of fibrin adhesives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Torsten Steinmetzer, Sebastian Martin Saupe
  • Patent number: 8513461
    Abstract: The invention relates to inhibitors of trypsin-like serine proteases, including those of the general formula (IV) which, as well as plasmin, also inhibit plasma kallikrien, and to their use as medicaments, preferably for treatment of blood loss, especially in the case of hyperfibrinolytic states, in organ transplants or heart surgery interventions, in particular with a cardiopulmonary bypass, or as a constituent of a fibrin adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Steinmetzer, Andrea Schweinitz, Joerg Stuerzebecher, Peter Steinmetzer, Anett Soeffing, Andreas Van De Locht, Silke Nicklisch, Claudia Reichelt, Friedrich-Alexander Ludwig, Alexander Schulze, Mohammed Daghish, Jochen Heinicke
  • Patent number: 8476306
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel inhibitors of urokinase and to their preparation and use for the therapy, prophylaxis and diagnosis of a tumor, in particular for reducing the formation of tumor metastases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Stuerzebecher, Torsten Steinmetzer, Andrea Schweinitz
  • Patent number: 8410310
    Abstract: The invention relates to inhibitors of trypsin-like serine proteases of the general formula (I) which, as well as plasmin, also inhibit plasma kallikrein, and to their preparation and use as medicaments, preferably for treatment of blood loss, especially in the case of hyperfibrinolytic states, in organ transplants or heart surgery interventions, in particular with a cardiopulmonary bypass, or as a constituent of a fibrin adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Steinmetzer, Andrea Schweinitz, Joerg Stuerzebecher, Peter Steinmetzer, Anett Soeffing, Andreas Van De Locht, Silke Nicklisch, Claudia Reichelt, Friedrich-Alexander Ludwig, Alexander Schulze, Mohammed Daghish, Jochen Heinicke
  • Publication number: 20120225913
    Abstract: The invention relates to inhibitors of trypsin-like serine proteases of the general formula (I) which, as well as plasmin, also inhibit plasma kallikrein, and to their preparation and use as medicaments, preferably for treatment of blood loss, especially in the case of hyperfibrinolytic states, in organ transplants or heart surgery interventions, in particular with a cardiopulmonary bypass, or as a constituent of a fibrin adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: The Medicine Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten STEINMETZER, Andrea Schweinitz, Joerg Stuerzebecher, Peter Steinmetzer, Anett Soeffing, Andreas Van De Locht, Silke Nicklisch, Claudia Reichelt, Friedrich-Alexander Ludwig, Alexander Schulze, Mohammed Daghisch, Jochen Heinicke
  • Patent number: 8207378
    Abstract: The invention relates to inhibitors of trypsin-like serine proteases of the general formula (I) which, as well as plasmin, also inhibit plasma kallikrien, and to their preparation and use as medicaments, preferably for treatment of blood loss, especially in the case of hyperfibrinolytic states, in organ transplants or heart surgery interventions, in particular with a cardiopulmonary bypass, or as a constituent of a fibrin adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Steinmetzer, Andrea Schweinitz, Joerg Stuerzebecher, Peter Steinmetzer, Anett Soeffing, Andreas Van De Locht, Silke Nicklisch, Claudia Reichelt, Friedrich-Alexander Ludwig, Alexander Schulze, Mohammed Daghisch, Jochen Heinicke
  • Patent number: 8124587
    Abstract: 2-(Aminomethyl)-5-chlorobenzylamide derivatives and their use as inhibitors of coagulation factor Xa are provided. The compounds are suitable for the treatment and prophylaxis of cardiovascular and thrombotic events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Steinmetzer, Daniel Doennecke, Andrea Schweinitz, Anne Stuerzebecher, Joerg Stuerzebecher
  • Publication number: 20110312873
    Abstract: The invention refers to multibasic, N-terminally modified tetrapeptide mimetics with a C-terminal P1-arginine mimetic, methods for their production and use for therapy and prophylaxis of diseases, caused by bacterial pathogens or viruses, as well as for therapy and prophylaxis of diabetes, arteriosclerosis, cancer, Alzheimer's or the onset of obesity, as well as the use of these compounds as inhibitors of the proprotein convertases which cleave behind basic P1 residues, especially for inhibition of the protease furin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: PHILIPPS-UNIVERSITAT MARBURG
    Inventors: Torsten Steinmetzer, Gero Becker, Wolfgang Garten
  • Publication number: 20110065799
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel inhibitors of urokinase and to their preparation and use for the therapy, prophylaxis and diagnosis of a tumor, in particular for reducing the formation of tumor metastases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Stürzebecher, Torsten Steinmetzer, Andrea Schweinitz
  • Publication number: 20110002992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to N-sulfonylated amino acid derivatives, where an aryl radical is linked via the sulfonyl group N-terminally to the amino acid and a radical which comprises at least one imino group and at least one further basic group which represents an optionally modified amino, amidino or guanidino group is linked C-terminally via the carbonyl group. The invention likewise relates to processes for preparing these compounds and to their use, in particular as inhibitors of matriptase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Stürzebecher, Torsten Steinmetzer, Andrea Schweinitz, Anne Stürzebecher, Kerstin Uhland
  • Publication number: 20100305090
    Abstract: The invention relates to meta-substituted phenyl sulfonyl amides of secondary amino acid amides according to the general formula (I), (II), or (III), the production thereof, and the use thereof as matriptase inhibitors, in particular the use thereof as drugs for inhibiting tumor growth and/or metastasization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Torsten Steinmetzer, Andrea Schweinitz, Daniel Donnecke
  • Patent number: 7838560
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel inhibitors of urokinase and to their preparation and use for the therapy, prophylaxis and diagnosis of a tumor, in particular for reducing the formation of tumor metastases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Stürzebecher, Torsten Steinmetzer, Andrea Schweinitz