Patents by Inventor Torben Skarsfeldt

Torben Skarsfeldt 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 of treating psychoses
    Patent number: 5238945
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treating psychoses in human beings, comprising the step of administering an effective amount of the compound, ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a patient in need thereof.Said compound selectively blocks dopamine neurones in the ventral tegmental area of the brain, substantially without blocking the dopamine neurones in the substantia nigra pars compacta and, therefore, is free from the extrapyramidal side effects of common neuroleptics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Jens Perregaard, Torben Skarsfeldt
  • Method of treating psychoses in human beings with the atypical neuroleptic 5-chloro-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(1-(2-(2-imidazolidinon-1-yl)ethyl-4-piper idyl)1H-indole
    Patent number: 5112838
    Abstract: A method of treating psychoses in human beings with the atypical neuroleptic 5-chloro-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(1-(2-(2-imidazolidinon-1-yl) ethyl-4-piperidyl)-1H-indole, having the formula: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, thereby to selectively block dopamine neurones in the ventral tegmental area of the brain, substantially without blocking dopamine neurones in the substantia nigra pars compacta, and therefore without the usual extrapyramidal side effects of common neuroleptics, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Jens Perregaard, Torben Skarsfeldt