Patents by Inventor Willard Dere

Willard Dere 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).

  • Method of reducing the risk of bone fracture
    Publication number: 20070161567
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for increasing the toughness and/or stiffness of bone and/or reducing the likelihood and/or severity of bone fracture by administering a parathyroid hormone. The method can be employed to increase toughness or stiffness of bone at a site of a potential or actual trauma, such as the hip or spine of a person at risk of or suffering from osteoporosis. The method of the invention can reduce the incidence of vertebral fractures, reduce the incidence of multiple vertebral fractures, reduce the severity of vertebral fracture, and/or reduce the incidence of non-vertebral fracture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Gregory Gaich, Willard Dere, Janet Hock
  • Method of increasing bone toughness and stiffness and reducing fractures
    Publication number: 20060094642
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for increasing the toughness and/or stiffness of bone and/or reducing the likelihood and/or severity of bone fracture by administering a parathyroid hormone. The method can be employed to increase toughness or stiffness of bone at a site of a potential or actual trauma, such as the hip or spine of a person at risk of or suffering from osteoporosis. The method of the invention can reduce the incidence of vertebral fracture, reduce the incidence of multiple vertebral fractures, reduce the severity of vertebral fracture, and/or reduce the incidence of non-vertebral fracture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Gregory Gaich, Willard Dere, Janet Hock
  • Method of increasing bone toughness and stiffness and reducing fractures
    Publication number: 20050197294
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for increasing the toughness and/or stiffness of bone and/or reducing the likelihood and/or severity of bone fracture by administering a parathyroid hormone. The method can be employed to increase toughness or stiffness of bone at a site of a potential or actual trauma, such as the hip or spine of a person at risk of or suffering from osteoporosis. The method of the invention can reduce the incidence of vertebral fracure, reduce the incidence of multiple vertebral fractures, reduce the severity of vertebral fracture, and/or reduce the incidence of non-vertebral fracture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Gregory Gaich, Willard Dere, Janet Hock