Patents Represented by Law Firm Morrison & Foerster LPP
  • Stable aqueous reagent containing NAD
    Patent number: 5804403
    Abstract: A stable aqueous NAD reagent useful in the measurement of analytes in biological fluids, particularly ethanol and lactate. For the determination of alcohol, the reagent contains alcohol dehydrogenase, pyrazole, NAD, SUTTOCIDE A and an aliphatic, zwitterionic buffer having a secondary or tertiary amine group. Preferred buffers are TAPSO, AMPSO, POPSO, TAPS and DIPSO. For the determination of lactate, the reagent contains lactate dehydrogenase, pyrazole, NAD, SUTTOCIDE A and an aliphatic, zwitterionic buffer having a secondary or tertiary amine group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Boehringer Mannheim Corporation
    Inventors: Allen R. Dorn, Catherine J. Hurt, Edward O. Ganser
  • Detachable microcoil delivery catheter
    Patent number: 5725546
    Abstract: This invention is a surgical instrument, and specifically is a device for delivering embolic coils to a selected site within the vasculature of a human body. This instrument uses, and may include, the catheter used to place the embolic coil. In particular, the device is made up of a pusher wire having a distal tip which is configured to engage the proximal end of an embolic coil. The device may also include a cylindrical pusher which coaxially surrounds at least a portion of the pusher wire and cooperates in the disengagement of the coil from the pusher wire and the ejection of the vasoocclusive coil into the selected vascular site. The pusher wire's engagement tip may be of any selected and convenient shape, and may be grooved, if so desired, to enhance the engagement joint strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Target Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Gene Samson
  • Polysubstituted benzimidazole nucleosides as antiviral agents
    Patent number: 5665709
    Abstract: Polysubstituted benzimidazole nucleosides, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their use in the treatment of herpes viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Leroy B. Townsend, John C. Drach
  • Polysubstituted benzimidazoles as antiviral agents
    Patent number: 5654283
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel polysubstituted benzimidazoles and compositions and their use in the treatment of viral infections. The polysubstituted benzimidazoles and compositions of the present invention exhibit antiviral properties against viruses of the herpes family, particularly human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and herpes simplex viruses (HSV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Leroy B. Townsend, John C. Drach
  • Polysubstituted benzimidazoles as antiviral agents
    Patent number: 5646125
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel polysubstituted benzimidazoles and compositions and their use in the treatment of viral infections. The polysubstituted benzimidazoles and compositions of the present invention exhibit antiviral properties against viruses of the herpes family, particularly human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and herpes simplex viruses (HSV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Leroy B. Townsend, John C. Drach