Patents by Inventor Lloyd A. Horrocks

Lloyd A. Horrocks 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).

  • Therapeutic agents for preventing phospholipid degradation and free fatty acid proliferation
    Patent number: 4386078
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for substantially maintaining glycerophospholipid production by cells and for suppressing consequent free fatty acid proliferation in said cells wherein injury or disease has caused normal glycerophospholipid production of said cells to become retarded. Such method comprises presenting said cell with CDP-ethanolamine, CDP-N-methylethanolamine, CDP-N,N-dimethylethanolamine, mixtures thereof or mixtures of these compounds with CDP-choline . Injuries or diseases to which the method has applicability include ischemia, heart disease, stroke, and spinal cord injury. The CDP-compounds may be administered either before or after the onset of the injury or disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Assignee: The Ohio State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Lloyd A. Horrocks, Robert V. Dorman, Zbigniew M. Dabrowiecki