Patents by Inventor Christopher Robert Snell

Christopher Robert Snell 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).

  • Methods for the treatment of chronic pain and compositions therefor
    Publication number: 20030144234
    Abstract: The invention discloses cathepsin S as a suitable target for the development of new therapeutics to treat or ameliorate chronic pain. The invention relates to methods to treat and/or ameliorate chronic pain and pharmaceutical compositions therefor comprising modulators with inhibitory effect on cathepsin S enzyme activity and/or cathepsin S gene expression. The invention also relates to a method to identify compounds with therapeutic usefulness to treat chronic pain, comprising identifying compounds that can inhibit cathepsin S activity and/or gene expression which can also reverse the pathological effects of chronic pain in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Francis Paul Buxton, Pamposh Ganju, Christopher Robert Snell, Chuanzheng Song