Patents by Inventor Flobert Y. Tanga

Flobert Y. Tanga 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).

  • Method for preventing or treating neuropathic pain
    Patent number: 7943588
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for preventing or treating neuropathic pain. Using an agent to decrease the expression or activity of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), behavioral hypersensitivity is attenuated thereby preventing or treating neuropathic pain in a subject in need of such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Trustees of Dartmouth College
    Inventors: Joyce A. DeLeo, Flobert Y. Tanga