Patents by Inventor Marie L. Foegh

Marie L. Foegh 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).

  • Thromboxane B.sub.2 assay for coronary artery thrombosis
    Patent number: 5047354
    Abstract: This invention is directed to the use of thromboxane as an early indicator for coronary artery thrombosis (acute myocardial infarction), and assays for detecting thromboxane B.sub.2 or a metabolite of TXB.sub.2 or TXA.sub.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Inventors: Marie L. Foegh, Peter W. Ramwell
  • Use of ginkgolides to prevent reperfusion injury in organ transplantation
    Patent number: 5002965
    Abstract: A living tissue or living cell preservation solution comprising an effective amount of a ginkgolide to reduce reperfusion injury in living tissue which has been stored therein and a substance or mixture or substances present in an amount sufficient to produce an osmotic pressure in said solution approximately equal to the osmotic pressure or mammalian cell and a method for preventing or reducing reperfusion injury in transplanted mammalian organs, which comprises contacting an organ prior to reperfusion with an effective amount of a ginkgolide to reduce reperfusion injury in said organ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques (S.C.R.A.S.)
    Inventors: Peter W. Ramwell, Marie L. Foegh