Patents by Inventor Maria Isabel Tejero-Taldo

Maria Isabel Tejero-Taldo 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).

  • Method for augmenting the inotropic effects of .beta.-adrenergic agonists using pyruvate therapy
    Patent number: 6153647
    Abstract: A method for treating medical patients suffering from cardiac trauma by co-administering pyruvate with a .beta.-adrenergic agonist. This method for treating cardiac trauma, such as ischemic reperfusion injury and heart failure, augments the inotropic effects of .beta.-adrenergic agents. Typical .beta.-adrenergic agonists are epinephrine, norepinephrine, dobutamine, and isoproterenol. The amount of .beta.-adrenergic agonist necessary to achieve a 50 percent increase of cardiac power is diminished five-fold when co-administered with pyruvate. Since high concentrations of agonists have many detrimental and hazardous side effects in patients, this invention would have important applications in the treatment of patients with cardiac trauma such as ischemia reperfusion injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: My-Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Mallet, James L. Caffrey, Maria Isabel Tejero-Taldo