Patents Assigned to Bioniche Inc.
  • Method for treating or eliminating a parasitic disease
    Patent number: 6139844
    Abstract: A method for treating or eliminating a protozoal or parasitic disease in an animal in which a sufficient amount of a bacterial cell wall extract is administered to the animal having the protozoal or the parasitic disease. The cell wall extract is preferably a mycobacterial cell wall extract or a cornybacterium cell wall extract. The cell wall extract is most preferably a Mycobacterium phlei cell wall extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Bioniche, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley J. Alkemade, Catherine E. Hildebrand, Nigel C. Phillips, Dragan R. Rogan
  • Method for treating the urinary bladder and associated structures using hyaluronic acid
    Patent number: 5888986
    Abstract: A method of treating interstitial cystitis comprising contacting the transitional epithelium lining the urinary bladder and associated structures in a mammal having interstitial cystitis with a solution containing hyaluronic acid having a average molecular weight of not less than 2.times.10.sup.5 Daltons in a concentration effective to treat the interstitial cystitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Bioniche Inc.
    Inventors: Alvaro Morales, Stanley J. Alkemade
  • Method for treating the internal urinary bladder and associated structures using hyaluronic acid
    Patent number: 5880108
    Abstract: A method of treating cystitis comprising contacting the urinary bladder and associated structures in a mammal having cystitis with a solution containing hyaluronic acid having a average molecular weight of not less than 2.times.10.sup.5 Daltons in a concentration effective to treat the cystitis. The solution may further contain an agent effective to treat the associated cause of the cystitis in a concentration effective to treat the associated cause of the cystitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Bioniche, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvaro Morales, Stanley J. Alkemade
  • Method for treating the urinary bladder and associated structures using hyaluronic acid
    Patent number: 5591724
    Abstract: A method of treating interstitial cystitis comprising contacting the internal bladder and associated structures in a mammal having interstitial cystitis with a solution containing hyaluronic acid having a molecular weight of not less than approximately 2.times.10.sup.5 Daltons in a concentration effective to treat the interstitial cystitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Bioniche Inc.
    Inventors: Alvaro Morales, Stanley J. Alkemade