Patents by Inventor Marilyn Morehead

Marilyn Morehead 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 reduction of central nervous system (CNS) edema resulting from head and spinal cord trauma
    Patent number: 5189018
    Abstract: A method for reducing the rise in intracranial pressure accompanying head trauma includes the steps of significantly reducing the mean trauma induced increase in blood brain barrier permeability by administering an effective dose of an analog of amino acids 4-9 of adrenocorticotropin hormone, thereby significantly reducing the peak rise in intracranial pressure which normally acompanies the trauma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Wayne State University
    Inventors: Harold Goldman, Sharon Murphy, Marilyn Morehead