Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Thomas C. Wright
  • Treatment of ischemic brain injury
    Patent number: 6503916
    Abstract: A composition and method adapted for the treatment of ischemic brain injury is disclosed, which includes applying hypothermic conditions to a subject within 5 hours after onset of brain injury and administering to the subject in need thereof a dose of a pharmaceutically effective amount of caffeine and at least a pharmaceutically effective amount of an alcohol or mixtures thereof adapted for the treatment of cerebral ischemia under hypothermic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: James C Grotta, Roger A Strong, Jaroslaw Adam Aronowski
  • Composition and method for treatment of cerebral ischemia
    Patent number: 6503915
    Abstract: A composition and method for the treatment of cerebral ischemia is disclosed, the composition is a mixture of caffeine and alcohol and is used to treat cerebral ischemia by administering to a subject in need thereof a dose of an effective amount of caffeine and at least a effective amount of an alcohol or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: James Grotta, Roger Strong, Jaroslaw Aronowski
  • Method of creating color-changing displays
    Patent number: 6501587
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an apparatus for and method of creating electrically modifiable images using a computer printer. In one embodiment, one or more ink reservoirs of a printer cartridge are filled with an electrochromic ink. The printer thus prepared can be used to print electrochromic patterns on a surface using standard ink application methods. In certain embodiments, more than one ink reservoir is filled with electrochromic ink. In these embodiments, separate reservoirs are filled with separate ink formulations so that the characteristics of the electrochromic pattern can be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: John P. Ferraris, Thuc H. Dam, David Meeker
  • Composition and method for treatment of cerebral ischemia
    Patent number: 6500834
    Abstract: A composition and method for the treatment of cerebral ischemia is disclosed, the composition is a mixture of caffeine and alcohol and is used to treat cerebral ischemia by administering to a subject in need thereof a dose of an effective amount of caffeine and at least a effective amount of an alcohol or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: James Grotta, Roger Strong, Jaroslaw Aronowski