Patents by Inventor Horoshi Kimura

Horoshi Kimura 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).

  • Dapsone and promin for the treatment of dementia
    Patent number: 5532219
    Abstract: This invention pertains to the novel use of 4,4'-diaminodiphenylsulfone and its didextrose sulfonate derivative and other closely related sulfones in the prevention and treatment of dementia (Alzheimer's disease). A method of preventing and treating dementia in a human being suffering from dementia which comprises administering to the human being a therapeutic amount of a substance selected from the group consisting of 4,4'-diaminodiphenylsulfone, its didextrose sulfonate derivative, and sulfoxone, sulfetrone and thiazolsulfone, and therapeutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Patrick L. McGeer, Nobua Harada, Horoshi Kimura, Edith G. McGeer, Michael Schulzer