Patents by Inventor Firas Jammoul

Firas Jammoul 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).

  • Publication number: 20120157532
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing a convulsive disorder in a patient in need thereof comprising administering said patient with a therapeutically effective amount of an active ingredient that induces a high level of extracellular GABA or increases GABA receptor activation once per day in the evening or at night.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Serge Picaud, Jose-Alain Sahel, Manuel Simonutti, Firas Jammoul
  • Publication number: 20110172171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to taurine or taurine-like substances for the prevention of brain oedema, particularly brain intramyelinic oedema and more particularly brain intramyelinic oedema induced by an anti-convulsive drug such as vigabatrin. The invention relates to a substance selected from the group consisting of taurine, a taurine precursor, a taurine metabolite, a taurine derivative, a taurine analog and a substance required for the taurine biosynthesis for the prevention of brain oedema.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Serge Picaud, José-Alain Sahel, Firas Jammoul