Patents by Inventor M. Flint Beal

M. Flint Beal 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).

  • Publication number: 20100303840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of creatine compounds including creatine, creatine phosphate or analogs of creatine, such as cyclocreatine, for treating diseases of the nervous system. Creatine compounds can be used as therapeutically effective agents against a variety of diseases of the nervous system such as diabetic and toxic neuropathies, peripheral nervous system diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, Huntington's disease, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease, traumatic nerve injury, multiple sclerosis, dysmyelination and demyelination disorders, and mitochondrial diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicants: AVICENA GROUP, INC., THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rima KADDURAH-DAOUK, M. Flint BEAL
  • Publication number: 20080119450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of creatine compounds including creatine, creatine phosphate or analogs of creatine, such as cyclocreatine, for treating diseases of the nervous system. Creatine compounds can be used as therapeutically effective agents against a variety of diseases of the nervous system such as diabetic and toxic neuropathies, peripheral nervous system diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, Huntington's disease, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease, traumatic nerve injury, multiple sclerosis, dysmyelination and demyelination disorders, and mitochondrial diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicants: AVICENA GROUP, INC., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Ghaleb Daouk, M. Flint Beal
  • Publication number: 20080119517
    Abstract: Compositions and methods used for preventing mitochondrial component-based diseases are disclosed herein. In particular, heterocyclic compositions and methods that are directed toward protecting against changes in mitochondrial permeability transition that could result in cell death.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicants: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce S. Kristal, Robert Friedlander, M. Flint Beal
  • Patent number: 7285573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of creatine compounds including creatine, creatine phosphate or analogs of creatine, such as cyclocreatine, for treating diseases of the nervous system. Creatine compounds can be used as therapeutically effective agents against a variety of diseases of the nervous system such as diabetic and toxic neuropathies, peripheral nervous system diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, Huntington's disease, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease, traumatic nerve injury, multiple sclerosis, dysmyelination and demyelination disorders, and mitochondrial diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignees: Avicena Group, Inc., The General Hospital Corp.
    Inventors: Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Ghaleb Daouk, M. Flint Beal
  • Publication number: 20040106680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of creatine compounds including creatine, creatine phosphate or analogs of creatine, such as cyclocreatine, for treating diseases of the nervous system. Creatine compounds can be used as therapeutically effective agents against a variety of diseases of the nervous system such as diabetic and toxic neuropathies, peripheral nervous system diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, Huntington's disease, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease, traumatic nerve injury, multiple sclerosis, dysmyelination and demyelination disorders, and mitochondrial diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicants: AVICENA GROUP, INC., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Ghaleb Daouk, M. Flint Beal
  • Publication number: 20040102419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of creatine compounds including creatine, creatine phosphate or analogs of creatine, such as cyclocreatine, for treating diseases of the nervous system. Creatine compounds can be used as therapeutically effective agents against a variety of diseases of the nervous system such as diabetic and toxic neuropathies, peripheral nervous system diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, Huntington's disease, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease, traumatic nerve injury, multiple sclerosis, dysmyelination and demyelination disorders, and mitochondrial diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicants: AVICENA GROUP, INC., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Ghaleb Daouk, M. Flint Beal
  • Patent number: 6706764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of creatine compounds including creatine, creatine phosphate or analogs of creatine, such as cyclocreatine, for treating diseases of the nervous system. Creatine compounds can be used as therapeutically effective agents against a variety of diseases of the nervous system such as diabetic and toxic neuropathies, peripheral nervous system diseases, Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, Huntington's disease, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease, traumatic nerve injury, multiple sclerosis, dysmyelination and demyelination disorders, and mitochondrial diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignees: Avicena Group, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Ghaleb Daouk, M. Flint Beal
  • Publication number: 20020161049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of creatine compounds including creatine, creatine phosphate or analogs of creatine, such as cyclocreatine, for treating diseases of the nervous system. Creatine compounds can be used as therapeutically effective agents against a variety of diseases of the nervous system such as diabetic and toxic neuropathies, peripheral nervous system diseases, Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, Huntington's disease, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease, traumatic nerve injury, multiple sclerosis, dysmyelination and demyelination disorders, and mitochondrial diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 1997
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: RIMA KADDURAH-DAOUK, GHALEB DAOUK, M. FLINT BEAL
  • Patent number: 6265442
    Abstract: Neurological diseases such as Huntington's caused by the toxic effects of excetatory amino acids are alleviated by administering metabolic precursors of kynurenic acid to afflicted individuals. These metabolic precursors include kynurenine and tryptophan. Since the amount of kynurenic acid in Huntington's Disease patient's brains is less than that in normal individuals and such decrease is associated with the lesions found in the formation of the lesions. This occurs because kynurenic acid is an inhibitor of excitatory amino acid interactions at their receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: M. Flint Beal, Kenton J. Swartz, Matthew J. During, Andrew Freese
  • Patent number: 6133306
    Abstract: Methods for inhibiting a nitric oxide-mediated pathological condition and a neurodegenerative disease such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimers's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a human patient, comprising administering an effective amount of a nitroindazole capable of inhibiting a neuronal nitric oxide synthase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventor: M. Flint Beal
  • Patent number: 5849782
    Abstract: Methods for inhibiting a nitric oxide-mediated pathological condition and a neurodegenerative disease such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimers's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a human patient, comprising administering an effective amount of a nitroindazole capable of inhibiting a neuronal nitric oxide synthase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventor: M. Flint Beal