Patents by Inventor Aldo M. Lima

Aldo M. Lima 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).

  • Stable glutamine derivatives for oral and intravenous rehydration and nutrition therapy
    Patent number: 5561111
    Abstract: A method for the treatment of dehydration or nitrogen deficiency-based malnutrition is provided which involves administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound selected from oligopeptides formed from the coupling of one or more amino acids with glutamine, the product of coupling glucose with glutamine, the product of coupling glucose and one or more amino acids with glutamine, or the product from acylating glutamine with a carboxylic acid having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: The University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Richard L. Guerrant, Timothy L. MacDonald, Aldo A. M. Lima, Nathan M. Thielman, Thomas Miller
  • Use of phospholipase inhibitors in the treatment of Clostridium difficile diarrhea
    Patent number: 4820714
    Abstract: Hemorrhagic fluid secretion and histologic damage to the intestinal mucosa by C. difficile toxin is blocked by the use of phospholipase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: University of Virginia Alumni Patents Foundation
    Inventors: Richard L. Guerrant, Aldo M. Lima