Patents by Inventor Raymond A. Long

Raymond A. Long 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).

  • Basketball having a carcass with seam areas
    Patent number: 6406389
    Abstract: A basketball formed from overlying layers includes a carcass layer with recessed curvilinearly extending seam areas. Ribs longitudinally follow the recessed seam areas and extend outwardly therefrom. Panels are mounted to the carcass between the ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc
    Inventors: Brian Feeney, Ronald P. LaLiberty, Raymond A. Long
  • Method of extending the vascular dwell-time of particulate therapeutic and particulate diagnostic agents
    Patent number: 5679394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for increasing the vascular dwell-time of a particulate therapeutic or diagnostic agent in a mammal through the adjunct administration of an effective amount of the particulate therapeutic or diagnostic agent and an effective amount of a vascular dwell-time enhancing agent. Suitable therapeutic and diagnostic agents include those whose efficacy within the body is predicated on their ability to remain within or to be carried within the vascular compartment. Accordingly this method can be readily adapted for treating several diseases and disorders, including hypoxia, hypoxemia, anemia and cancer and for imaging selected regions of a mammal by various imaging techniques, including ultrasound imaging, X-ray imaging and MRI imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Inventors: David M. Long, Jr., Raymond A. Long
  • Method for preventing and treating cachexia
    Patent number: 5391376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method for preventing or treating cachexia in a mammal based on the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-cachexia agent. Suitable agents include ADP-ribose-polymerase inhibitors, ADP-ribose-transferase inhibitors, NADase inhibitors, nicotinamide benzamide, theophylline, thymine and analogs thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Inventors: David M. Long, Jr., Raymond A. Long
  • Method of extending the vascular dwell-time of particulate therapeutic and particulate diagnostic agents
    Patent number: 5264220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for increasing the vascular dwell-time of a particulate therapeutic or diagnostic agent in a mammal through the adjunct administration of an effective amount of the particulate therapeutic or diagnostic agent and an effective amount of a vascular dwell-time enhancing agent. Suitable therapeutic and diagnostic agents include those whose efficacy within the body is predicated on their ability to remain within or to be carried within the vascular compartment. Accordingly this method can be readily adapted for treating several diseases and disorders, including hypoxia, hypoxemia, anemia and cancer and for imaging selected regions of a mammal by various imaging techniques, including ultrasound imaging, X-ray imaging and MRI imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Inventors: David M. Long, Jr., Raymond A. Long