Patents by Inventor Frances Muriel Donovan

Frances Muriel Donovan 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).

  • Use of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors to mitigate nerve damage
    Publication number: 20030139332
    Abstract: This invention pertains to the discovery that inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (e.g. MMP-9) can reduce neurological damage (e.g. secondary damage) following trauma to nervous tissue in a mammal, and/or reduce abnormal vascular permeability associated with spinal cord injury, and/or improving recovery of neurological function following injury to neurological tissue. Methods of use of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors for such applications are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Linda Jeanne Noble, Frances Muriel Donovan, Zena Werb