Patents by Inventor Sakari A. Nieminen

Sakari A. Nieminen 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).

  • Use of dexmedetomidine for treating ethanol-induced neurodegeneration
    Patent number: 5712301
    Abstract: The present invention involves the prevention of ethanol-induced neurodegeneration through the administration to a subject before, during and/or after ethanol consumption an effective amount of dexmedetomidine of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Orion-yhtyma Oy
    Inventors: Pia Helena Jaatinen, Esa Henrik Heinonen, Antti Lauri Juhani Hervonen, Lauri Sakari Nieminen
  • Imidazoles for the treatment of age-related cognitive disorders and alzheimer
    Patent number: 5434177
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of a compound of formula ##STR1## wherein X is --CH.sub.2 -- or ##STR2## R.sub.1 is H, C.sub.1-5 -alkyl or benzyl, which can be substituted of unsubstituted; R.sub.2 is H, C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, C.sub.1-4 -alkenyl, OH, or C.sub.1-3 -alkoxy; R.sub.3 is H, CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 CH.sub.3, OCH.sub.3, or Hal; R.sub.4 H, CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 CH.sub.3, OCH.sub.3, or Hal, and Hal is halogen, provided that when R.sub.2 is OH or C.sub.1-3 -alkoxy then X cannot be CO or a non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the use in the treatment of age related memory impairment or cognitive disorders, particularly Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Orion-Yhtyma Oy
    Inventors: Paavo J. Riekkinen, Paavo Riekkinen, Jr., Jouni S. I. Sirvio, Riitta A. Miettinen, Antti Valjakka, Mauno M. Airaksinen, Sakari A. Nieminen, Ewen MacDonald, Risto A. S. Lammintausta, Raimo E. Virtanen