Patents by Inventor Sei Kwan Oh

Sei Kwan Oh 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).

  • Patent number: 9259412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modafinil or derivatives thereof as a medicine for the treatment of vascular diseases or KCa3.1 channel (Ca activated K channel) mediated diseases and a novel use of the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of vascular diseases or KCa3.1 channel-mediated diseases comprising modafinil or a derivative of modafinil, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which relax blood vessels and inhibit KCa3.1 channel currents by increasing intracellular cAMP, a method for treating vascular diseases or KCa3.1 channel-mediated diseases using the composition and a health functional food composition for the prevention or improvement of vascular diseases or the KCa3.1 channel-mediated diseases comprising modafinil or a modafinil derivative compound, or sitologically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: EWHA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Suk Hyo Suh, Jae Chul Jung, Sei Kwan Oh
  • Publication number: 20140296333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modafinil or derivatives thereof as a medicine for the treatment of vascular diseases or KCa3.1 channel (Ca activated K channel) mediated diseases and a novel use of the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of vascular diseases or KCa3.1 channel-mediated diseases comprising modafinil or a derivative of modafinil, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which relax blood vessels and inhibit KCa3.1 channel currents by increasing intracellular cAMP, a method for treating vascular diseases or KCa3.1 channel-mediated diseases using the composition and a health functional food composition for the prevention or improvement of vascular diseases or the KCa3.1 channel-mediated diseases comprising modafinil or a modafinil derivative compound, or sitologically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: EWHA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Suk Hyo Suh, Jae Chul Jung, Sei Kwan Oh