Patents by Inventor Antti Pertovaara

Antti Pertovaara 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).

  • Treatment method
    Publication number: 20020115704
    Abstract: A method for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction and enhancement of normal sexual function in females with an alpha2-adrenoceptor antagonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester or salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Ilkka Linnankoski, Antti Pertovaara, Antti Haapalinna, Raimo Virtanen
  • Administration of atipamezole to elicit a yohimbine-like alpha-adrenoreceptor antagonistic noradrenergic transmission
    Patent number: 5541211
    Abstract: The present invention is in the art of eliciting a yohimbine-like alpha-adrenoreceptor antagonistic noradrenergic neurotransmission male sexual activity response in penile erection. The improvement involves a more rapid onset of action and improved effect than that of yohimbine, consisting essentially of the step of administering the compound atipamezole or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof to a male in need thereof. Atipamezole or pharmaceutically acceptable acid salt thereof may be administered perorally, intravenously, intramuscularly, transmucosally or transdermally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Orion-yhtyma Oy
    Inventors: Antti Pertovaara, Ilkka Linnankoski, Raimo Virtanen