Nitrogen Bonded Directly To Phosphorus Patents (Class 514/137)
  • Patent number: 11130771
    Abstract: A novel structure of an opioid antagonist is provided. One of the exemplary compounds of the present disclosure has the structure of Formula (II). The present disclosure overcomes the discomfort of conventional opioid antagonist due to rapid absorption and improves the patient compliance thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWANJ PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syaulan S. Yang, Kuang Yuan Lee, Yan-Feng Jiang
  • Patent number: 10456439
    Abstract: The invention relates to an NK3 agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, for use in the treatment of a atrial arrhythmia. The invention further relates to a composition comprising an NK3 agonist for use in the treatment of a patient suffering from a disease wherein the electrical activity of an atrial heart cell is affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Academisch Medisch Centrum
    Inventors: Ruben Coronel, Marieke Veldkamp
  • Patent number: 8778835
    Abstract: A composition comprising at least a pyridylethylbenzamide derivative of general formula (I) (a) and an insecticide compound (b) in a (a)/(b) weight ratio of from 1/1000 to 1000/1. A composition further comprising an additional fungicidal compound. A method for preventively or curatively combating the pests and diseases of crops by using this composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Heike Hungenberg, Gilbert Labourdette, Albert Schirring, Burkhard Schuetz, Anne Suty-Heinze, Wolfgang Thielert, Martin Vaupel
  • Publication number: 20140004192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations that increase the solubility and bioavailability of indibulin, such as a spray-dried solid dispersion of indibulin with at least one matrix polymer. The invention further provides dosage formulations comprising the dispersion and processes for making the dispersion. The present invention also discloses a method of treating immune system based disorders, hyper-proliferative disorders, angiogenesis, malignancies, and neoplasms with the indibulin formulations disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: John C. Amedio, JR., Barbara Wallner, Marsha G. Marande
  • Publication number: 20130252818
    Abstract: An amorphous formulation of a herbicidal or pesticidal substance includes a composition of the formula [A]x[MpClq]y, the composition being an ionic liquid with a melting temperature below 150° C., wherein [MpClq] is a metal chloride, x is 1, 2, 3, or 4, p is 1, 2, 3, or 4, q is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9, and y is 1 or 2, wherein each A is a cation that is a herbicidal or pesticidal substance or a cation precursor that is a herbicidal or pesticidal substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Katherine Lovejoy, Rico Del Sesto, Andrew Koppisch
  • Publication number: 20120322654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture, comprising the succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor boscalid and at least one insecticidally active compound II selected from groups A) to D) as defined in the description in a synergistically effective amount, and to compositions comprising these mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Markus Gewehr
  • Publication number: 20120213791
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof, and combinations thereof with other anti-cancer agents, for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Michael Alistair O'BRIEN, Maria Grazia CARR, Theresa Rachel EARLY, Adrian Liam GILL, Gary TREWARTHA, Alison Jo-Anne WOOLFORD, Andrew James WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT
  • Publication number: 20120171183
    Abstract: This invention provides a composition comprising a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula 1, an N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, R4a, R4b and R5 are as defined in the disclosure, and an effective amount of at least one fungicide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20120035141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cycloalkyl-hydroxyl compounds, compositions comprising hydroxyl compounds, and methods useful for treating and preventing a variety of diseases and conditions such as, but not limited to aging, Alzheimer's Disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, a disorder of glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, dyslipoproteinemia, hypertension, impotence, inflammation, insulin resistance, lipid elimination in bile, obesity, oxysterol elimination in bile, pancreatitis, Parkinson's disease, a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-associated disorder, phospholipid elimination in bile, renal disease, septicemia, Syndrome X, thrombotic disorder. Compounds and methods of the invention can also be used to modulate C reactive protein or enhance bile production in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: ESPERION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Henri Dasseux, Carmen Daniela Oniciu
  • Publication number: 20120035135
    Abstract: The Invention relates to methods for increasing the production potential of plants and/or controlling pests in plants with at least one transgenic modification related to yield increase as compared to a corresponding wild-type plant, comprising treating the location where the plant with at least one transgenic modification is growing or is expected to grow and/or the transgenic plant with at least one transgenic modification or propagation material of the plant with at least one transgenic modification with an effective amount of an insecticidal composition comprising a component A, selected from the group consisting of imidacloprid, thiacloprid, clothianidin, acetamiprid, dinotefuran, nitenpyram, and thiamethoxam; and a component B, selected from the group consisting of fipronil and ethiprole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Wolfram Andersch, Heike Hungenberg, Bernd Springer, Stefan Sachau, Casper Isaak Rooijen
  • Publication number: 20120027741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pesticide composition intended for protecting plants, crops or seeds against fungal diseases or insect damages, and the corresponding methods of protection by application of the said composition. More precisely, the subject of the present invention is a pesticide composition based on a tetrazolyloxime derivative and a fungicide or an insecticide active substance or compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Coqueron, Daniela Portz, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann
  • Publication number: 20110311503
    Abstract: The novel active ingredient combinations which consist of the compounds of the formula (I) in combination with further active insecticidal ingredients (II) are very suitable for control of animal pests such as insects and/or unwanted acarids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Christian FUNKE, Heike HUNGENBERG, Rüdiger FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20110200684
    Abstract: Synergistic pesticidal mixtures are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Jim X. Huang, Jonathan M. Babcock, Thomas Meade, Marc Farrow
  • Publication number: 20110118209
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to salts and compositions of isophosphoramide mustard and isophosphoramide mustard analogs. In one embodiment the salts can be represented by the formula wherein A+ represents an ammonium species selected from the protonated (conjugate acid) or quaternary forms of aliphatic amines and aromatic amines, including basic amino acids, heterocyclic amines, substituted and unsubstituted pyridines, guanidines and amidines; and X and Y independently represent leaving groups. Also disclosed herein are methods for making such compounds and formulating pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Methods for administering the disclosed compounds to subjects, particularly to treat hyperproliferative disorders, also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Peter Gale
  • Publication number: 20110098176
    Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures, comprising as active components 1) at least one 1-methylpyrazol-4-ylcarboxanilide of the formula I where R1=C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-haloalkyl, R2=hydrogen or halogen, X=hydrogen or halogen, Q=direct bond, a cyclopropylene or an anellated bicyclo[2.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Gewehr, Ulf Groeger, Egon Haden, Michael Vonend
  • Publication number: 20100311677
    Abstract: The novel active compound combinations comprising compounds of the formulae (I) and (II) have very good insecticidal and acaricidal properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Wolfram Andersch, Heike Hungenberg
  • Publication number: 20100291027
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions that exhibit viscosities suitable for injectable formulations. The compositions comprise bioactive agent-loaded microparticles and hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof in a suitable liquid pharmaceutical carrier. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventor: Jason Campbell
  • Patent number: 7767842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new class of compounds having ?? T cells activating properties of Formula (I), a composition comprising these compounds and methods for regulating an immune response in a subject comprising the step of administering these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Innate Pharma SA
    Inventors: Christian Belmant, Patrice Nury
  • Publication number: 20100081634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of phosphonic acid-containing T3 mimetics and monoesters thereof, stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, co-crystals, and prodrugs thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and co-crystals of the prodrugs, as well as their preparation and uses for preventing and/or treating metabolic diseases such as obesity, NASH, hypercholesterolemia and hyperlipidemia, as well as associated conditions such as atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, impaired glucose tolerance, metabolic syndrome x and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: METABASIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark D. Erion, Hongjian Jiang, Serge H. Boyer
  • Publication number: 20100075927
    Abstract: Chemotherapeutic conjugates of a peptide substrate to a phosphoramide chemotherapeutic agent in which a peptide substrate is covalently linked to the chemotherapeutic agent by a linker with an aminoarylmethyl or aminoheteroaryl moiety, wherein the linking of the peptide to the chemotherapeutic agent inhibits the cytotoxic activity of the chemotherapeutic agent, the peptide is a substrate for proteolytic cleavage by a tumor-specific enzyme; and the linker is capable of undergoing 1,6-elimination in vivo upon cleavage of the peptide substrate. Methods for synthesizing and methods of using the conjugates are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Longqin Hu, Xinghua Wu
  • Patent number: 7671043
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, solvates or hydrates thereof; wherein B, D, E, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, m, n, p, q, r, s, t and u are as defined herein. This invention also relates to a method of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases and autoimmune diseases in mammals, especially humans, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventor: Robert John Maguire
  • Patent number: 7658953
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a biocidal composition comprising hydrogen peroxide in a concentration of 0.05-50% (w/w) and a compound with a structure according to Formula 1: (OH)(X)(O)P—O—(CH—(Y)—CH2—O)n—R, or a salt thereof, wherein X is H or OH, Y is H or CH3, n is 2-6 and R is an alkyl radical containing 4-18 carbon atoms, in a concentration of 0.01-60% (w/w). A especially preferred compound according to Formula 1 is a compound wherein X is OH, Y is H, n is 4 and R is a straight alkyl chain containing 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Aseptix Research B.V.
    Inventor: Ilja Bobbert
  • Publication number: 20090105196
    Abstract: Creatine compounds for the treatment of dermatitis are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Belinda Tsao NIVAGGIOLI, Maisie Wong-Paredes
  • Publication number: 20080267945
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to salts and compositions of isophosphoramide mustard and isophosphoramide mustard analogs. In one embodiment the salts can be represented by the formula wherein A+ represents an ammonium species selected from the protonated (conjugate acid) or quaternary forms of aliphatic amines and aromatic amines, including basic amino acids, heterocyclic amines, substituted and unsubstituted pyridines, guanidines and amidines; and X and Y independently represent leaving groups. Also disclosed herein are methods for making such compounds and formulating pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Methods for administering the disclosed compounds to subjects, particularly to treat hyperproliferative disorders, also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Dekk-TEC, Inc
    Inventor: Lee Roy Morgan
  • Publication number: 20080125354
    Abstract: Synthetic triple-helical peptides (THPs) are used for the design and synthesis of triple-helical transition state analog inhibitors. These inhibitors feature a phosphonate ester or phosphinic moiety in place of the scissle bond. These groups inhibit MMPs, and methods been developed for their convenient incorporation within a peptide sequence by solid-phase methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicants: Florida Atlantic University, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Gregg B. Fields, Robert Hammer
  • Patent number: 7304046
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula I: wherein R1, Ra, Rb, Rc, and Rd have any of the values defined in the specification, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds or salts. The compounds are useful for treating cancer in animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard F. Borch, Marcy Hernick, Carolee Flader
  • Patent number: 7192940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel ether compounds, compositions comprising ether compounds, and methods useful for treating and preventing cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemias, dysproteinemias, and glucose metabolism disorders comprising administering a composition comprising an ether compound. The compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are also useful for treating and preventing Alzheimer's Disease, Syndrome X, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-related disorders, septicemia, thrombotic disorders, obesity, pancreatitis, hypertension, renal disease, cancer, inflammation, and impotence. In certain embodiments, the compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are useful in combination therapy with other therapeutics, such as hypocholesterolemic and hypoglycemic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Henri Dasseux, Carmen Daniela Oniciu
  • Patent number: 7192600
    Abstract: A method of preparing a rapid acting bait composition which is water based and contains a water-sensitive insecticide as an active ingredient is described. The composition is easily applied into cracks and crevices and voids or other pest harborage areas to rapidly kill insect pests, particularly cockroaches. A kit is also described for preparation of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: S. John Barcay, Douglas G. Anderson, Thomas D. Nelson
  • Patent number: 7173020
    Abstract: Novel phosphoramidate derivatives of hydroxy functional or amino functional compounds, including amino acids, peptides, peptidomimetics and nucleotide analogs, are described. The compounds enable enhanced intracellular delivery of drugs as their corresponding phosphate esters or amides. Described phosphoramidate compounds exhibit antiproliferative activity. Pharmaceutical formulations are provided for treatment of cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard F. Borch, Hugo Garrido-Hernandez, Sandra C. Tobias
  • Patent number: 7060692
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel active compound combinations having very good insecticidal and acaricidal properties and containing (a) cyclic ketoenols having the formula in which the groups W, X, Y, Z, A, B, D, and G have the meanings given in the disclosure, and (b) the active compounds (1) to (43) listed in the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Christoph Erdelen
  • Patent number: 7041658
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method of inhibiting hair growth, which comprises administering an inhibitor of elastase-like enzymes or a neutral endopeptidase inhibitor, and use of an inhibitor of elastase-like enzymes or a neutral endopeptidase inhibitor for the preparation of a hair-growth inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Naoko Tsuji, Shigeru Moriwaki, Atsushi Ohuchi, Yoshinori Takema, Yasuto Suzuki, Genji Imokawa
  • Patent number: 6919322
    Abstract: Novel FBPase inhibitors of the formula I are useful in the treatment of diabetes and other conditions associated with elevated blood glucose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett C. Bookser, Qun Dang, K. Raja Reddy
  • Patent number: 6903081
    Abstract: Novel phosphoramidate derivatives of hydroxy functional or amino functional compounds, including amino acids, peptides, peptidomimetics and nucleotide analogs, are described. The compounds enable enhanced intracellular delivery of drugs as their corresponding phosphate esters or amides. Described phosphoramidate compounds exhibit antiproliferative activity. Pharmaceutical formulations are provided for treatment of cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard F. Borch, Hugo Garrido-Hernandez, Sandra C. Tobias
  • Patent number: 6900190
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel active compound combinations of certain cyclic ketoenols and certain active compounds that together have unexpectedly good insecticidal and acaricidal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Christoph Erdelen, Thomas Bretschneider
  • Patent number: 6747017
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method of inhibiting hair growth, which comprises administering an inhibitor of elastase-like enzymes or a neutral endopeptidase inhibitor, and use of an inhibitor of elastase-like enzymes or a neutral endopeptidase inhibitor for the preparation of a hair-growth inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Naoko Tsuji, Shigeru Moriwaki, Atsushi Ohuchi, Yoshinori Takema, Yasuto Suzuki, Genji Imokawa
  • Patent number: 6649646
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insecticidal and miticidal composition which contains as active ingredients chlorfenapyr in combination with one or more organophosphoric acid ester-type compounds and to a method for controlling insecticidal or miticidal pests which have acquired resistance to commercial insecticidal and miticidal agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Toshiki Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20030119900
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds that inhibit epoxide hydrolase in therapeutic applications for treating hypertension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Deanna L. Kroetz, Darryl C. Zeldin, Bruce D. Hammock, Christophe Morisseau
  • Patent number: 6566304
    Abstract: The invention relates to use of (a) compounds of phosphorus containing at least partly lipophilic organic radicals together with (b) urea and/or urea derivatives in selected quantity ratios of (a) to (b) as a soil additive for biologically controlling plant-parasitic soil nematodes by strengthening the correspondingly antagonistic soil potential, more particularly by strengthening the growth of antagonistic and/or nematicidal rhizosphere bacteria and/or corresponding mycorrhiza strains—and at the same time strengthening the growth of cultivated plants in soil. The multicomponent mixtures which strengthen bacterial growth are preferably introduced into the region of the plant roots in the form of an aqueous preparation using plant-compatible emulsifiers before and/or during plant growth. Components (a) and (b) are used in such quantity ratios that the ratio by weight of C to N is no higher than 6:1 and preferably no higher than 5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Doris Bell, Bettina Kopp-Holtwiesche, Stephan Von Tapavicza
  • Publication number: 20030036534
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating a retinal disorder or glaucoma using NAALADase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Barbara S. Slusher, Krystyna Wozniak
  • Patent number: 6521605
    Abstract: The present invention provides amidophosphate derivatives useful for potentiating glutamate receptor function in a mammal and therefore, useful for treating a wide variety of conditions, such as psychiatric and neurological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Macklin Brian Arnold, Paul Leslie Ornstein, Hamideh Zarrinmayeh, Dennis Michael Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20030018016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that are useful for inhibition and prevention of cell adhesion and cell adhesion-mediated pathologies. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical formulations comprising these compounds and methods of using them for inhibition and prevention of cell adhesion and cell adhesion-mediated pathologies. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention can be used as therapeutic or prophylactic agents. They are particularly well-suited for treatment of many inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Steven P. Adams, Ko-Chung Lin, Wen-Cherng Lee, Alfredo C. Castro, Craig N. Zimmerman, Charles E. Hammond, Yu-Sheng Liao, Julio Hernan Cuervo, Juswinder Singh
  • Publication number: 20030004141
    Abstract: Medical devices, compositions and methods for treating or preventing atherosclerotic plaque rupture are disclosed. Specifically, medical devices that deliver to a treatment site metalloproteinase inhibitors (MMPI) are disclosed. The medical devices include catheters, guide wires, vascular stents, micro-particles, electronic leads, probes, sensors, drug depots, transdermal patches, and vascular patches. Representative MMPIs included zinc chelators, urea derivatives, caprolactone-based inhibitors, phoshoinamides, piperazines, sulfonamides, tertiary amines, carbamate derivatives, mercaptoalcohols, mecaptoketones, antimicrobial tertracyclines, non-antimicrobial tetracyclines, and derivatives and combinations thereof. In one embodiment a self-expanding vascular stent is coated with at least one MMPI and deployed at a site within an artery where vulnerable plaque has been identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventor: David L. Brown
  • Publication number: 20020173489
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a medicament which is suitable for the treatment of tumors, such as via topical administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventor: HANSJORG EIBL
  • Publication number: 20020155088
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting the growth of tumor cells in a tumor site of a subject. The method includes administering to the tumor site an oligoaniline and subsequently exposing the tumor site to irradiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventor: Long Y. Chiang
  • Publication number: 20020091106
    Abstract: Chemically stable, insecticidally active pellets having a low moisture content and at least about 95% active ingredient are described, as well as a method for manufacturing them. The active ingredient is selected from a class of N-hydrocarboyl phosphoroamidothioate and phosphoroamidodithioate compounds as described in the specification. The pellets generally have a moisture content of about 0.5% by weight or less, preferably less than about 0.3% by weight. The pellets can be produced by one of two types of processes as described in detail, including a high pressure axial extrusion process and a low pressure basket extrusion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: VALENT U.S.A. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary L. Cummings, Young-Jin Lee, James L. Platt, Matthew Hikade, Vernell Stornes
  • Patent number: 6384261
    Abstract: Phosphoramidates and phosphinic amides and related compounds are provided. Also provided are methods that use the compounds for modulating the activity of the endothelin family of peptides are provided. In particular, compounds having formula: in which A, B, R1 and R2 are as described are provided. Also provided are methods for treating endothelin-mediated disorders by administering effective amounts of one or more of these compounds or prodrugs thereof. Methods for elucidating the physiological and pathophysiological roles of endothelin, as well as isolating endothelin receptors are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Texas Biotechnology Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Fai Chan, Erik Joel Verner
  • Publication number: 20020037880
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method of inhibiting hair growth, which comprises administering an inhibitor of elastase-like enzymes or a neutral endopeptidase inhibitor, and use of an inhibitor of elastase-like enzymes or a neutral endopeptidase inhibitor for the preparation of a hair-growth inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 1998
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: NAOKO TSUJI, SHIGERU MORIWAKI, ATSUSHI OHUCHI, YOSHINORI TAKEMA, YASUTO SUZUKI, GENJI IMOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20010033855
    Abstract: A method of preparing a rapid acting bait composition which is water based and contains a water-sensitive insecticide as an active ingredient is described. The composition is easily applied into cracks and crevices and voids or other pest harborage areas to rapidly kill insect pests, particularly cockroaches. A kit is also described for preparation of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Applicant: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: S. John Barcay, Douglas G. Anderson, Thomas D. Nelson
  • Patent number: 6261573
    Abstract: The present invention provides immunogenic compositions and methods for inducing enhanced immune responses using an antigen and a combination of water soluble polymer and an amphiphilic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Avant Immunotherapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean R. Loebelenz, Bryan E. Roberts, Alexander K. Andrainov, Sharon A. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 6214810
    Abstract: This application discloses a method of treating or preventing atrial arrhythmias which utilizes compounds which are blockers of the ultra-rapidly-activating delayed rectifier K+ current (IKur) of the human atrium in a use-dependent and/or rate dependent manner, and which provide the selective block preferentially at fast heart rates so that the effect is realized or maximized when required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Fermini, Joseph J. Lynch, Jr., Joseph J. Salata, Richard J. Swanson