Patents by Inventor Giorgio Lenaz

Giorgio Lenaz 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 quinone Q10 for the treatment of ocular diseases
    Patent number: 7029672
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of Coenzyme Q10 or functionally equivalent derivatives thereof, through topical or systemic administration, for the prevention, the treatment and/or attenuation of degenerative ocular pathologies, said pathologies being of an heredofamilial, inflammatory, dysmetabolic, senile age-related nature, the degenerative process deriving from apoptotic events caused by hypoxia or other detrimental stimuli due to ischemia or to the lack of trophic factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Giuseppe Simonelli
    Inventors: Rosario Brancato, Giorgio Lenaz, Sergio Capaccioli, Nicola Schiavone
  • Use of quinone Q10 for the treatment of ocular diseases
    Publication number: 20030118576
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of Coenzyme Q10 or functionally equivalent derivatives thereof, through topical or systemic administration, for the prevention, the treatment and/or attenuation of degenerative ocular pathologies, said pathologies being of an heredofamilial, inflammatory, dysmetabolic, senile age-related nature, the degenerative process deriving from apoptotic events caused by hypoxia or other detrimental stimuli due to ischemia or to the lack of trophic factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Rosario Brancato, Giorgio Lenaz, Sergio Capaccioli, Nicola Schiavone
  • Method and kit for measuring mitochondrial activity
    Patent number: 6261796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring mitochondrial activity by measuring platelet A lactate. The present invention also relates to a new method for dosing the quantity of platelet lactate using the chromogenic agent 3-acetyl-pyridine-NAD+ and the ox heart LDH enzyme. The present invention also relates to a diagnostic (micromethod) kit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Universita′ Degki Studi di Bologna
    Inventors: Carla Bovina, Giorgio Lenaz, Sante Tura, Lucia Catani, Milena Merlo Pich