Patents by Inventor Alexander Lampe

Alexander Lampe 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).

  • Analgesic peptides from venom of grammostola spatulata and use thereof
    Patent number: 5807821
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods of treating pain comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment an effective analgesic amount of a peptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID. NO.: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention further provides a purified peptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. The peptides of SEQ ID NO.:1 and SEQ ID NO.: 2 can also be used in methods for identifying compounds having analgesia-inducing activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: ZENECA Limited
    Inventor: Richard Alexander Lampe
  • Analgesic peptides from venom of grammostola spatulata and use thereof
    Patent number: 5776896
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods of treating pain comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment an effective analgesic amount of a peptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID. NO.:1 or SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention further provides a purified peptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. The peptides of SEQ ID NO.: 1 and SEQ ID NO.: 2 can also be used in methods for identifying compounds having analgesia-inducing activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Zeneca Limited
    Inventor: Richard Alexander Lampe
  • Antiarrhythmic peptide from venom of spider Grammostola spatulata
    Patent number: 5756663
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel peptide isolated from the venom of the spider Grammostola spatulata which peptide has antiarrhthymic activity. The invention also provides methods of treating arrhthymia comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment an effective amount of the peptide. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of mediating hypotonic cell swelling induced calcium increase in cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Zeneca Limited
    Inventors: Richard Alexander Lampe, Frederick Sachs