Oxygen Compound Of Arsenic Patents (Class 424/623)
  • Publication number: 20040115283
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of neoplastic diseases. The present invention encompasses the administration to a mammal of arsenic in the form of a salt, complex, organic compound or ionic solution to treat tumors of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, central nervous system, lymphoid tissue, hematopoietic cells and tumors associated with oncogenic viruses. This invention also encompasses the treatment of hematopoietic disorders in mammals by the administration of one or more arsenic compounds to said mammal. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used to treat metastatic neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: PolaRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Ellison, Fred H. Marmelstein
  • Publication number: 20040101573
    Abstract: An intravenous pharmaceutical composition comprising an aqueous solution of arsenic trioxide and sodium chloride. The composition is effective in the treatment of cancers including leukemia. Complete remission of up to 21 years have been observed for acute promyclocytic leukemia patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Ting-Dong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20040096518
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of neoplastic diseases. The present invention encompasses the administration to a mammal of arsenic in the form of a salt, complex, organic compound or ionic solution to treat tumors of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, central nervous system, lymphoid tissue, hematopoietic cells and tumors associated with oncogenic viruses. This invention also encompasses the treatment of hematopoietic disorders in mammals by the administration of one or more arsenic compounds to said mammal. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used to treat metastatic neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: PolaRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Ellison, Fred H. Mermelstein
  • Patent number: 6733792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to arsenic sulfide compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating cancer, such as leukemia or lymphoma, which comprises an arsenic sulfide compound. The present invention further relates to methods for treating cancer, such as leukemia or lymphoma, using an arsenic sulfide compound. Finally, the present invention relates to processes for producing arsenic disulfide (As4S4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Inventor: Daopei Lu
  • Patent number: 6723351
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of leukemia, lymphoma and solid tumors. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used in combination with other therapeutic agents, such as a retinoid. The invention also provides a process for producing arsenic trioxide formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventors: Raymond P. Warrell, Jr., Pier Paolo Pandolfi, Janice L. Gabrilove
  • Patent number: 6720011
    Abstract: An intravenous pharmaceutical composition comprising an aqueous solution of arsenic trioxide and sodium chloride. The composition is effective in the treatment of cancers including leukemia. Complete remission of up to 21 years have been observed for acute promyelocytic leukemia patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Inventor: Ting-Dong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20040062764
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and pharmaceutical composition for treating or mitigating the side effects of cytotoxic cancer therapy for carcinoma-type cancers tumors including administering a thiol-based chemoproctectant agent and administering a cytotoxic agent having a targeting means to the Lewis Y glycoproteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Edward A. Neuwelt, Leslie Muldoon
  • Publication number: 20040047916
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of neoplastic diseases. The present invention encompasses the administration to a mammal of arsenic in the form of a salt, complex, organic compound or ionic solution to treat tumors of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, central nervous system, lymphoid tissue, hematopoietic cells and tumors associated with oncogenic viruses. This invention also encompasses the treatment of hematopoietic disorders in mammals by the administration of one or more arsenic compounds to said mammal. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used to treat metastatic neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: PolaRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Ellison, Fred H. Marmelstein
  • Patent number: 6703049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel angiogenesis inhibitor, more particularly, arsenolite (solid As4O6) and composition containing the same. The arsenolite of the present invention inhibits endothelial cell proliferation and tube formation so that it can be used for medication of various angiogenic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Inventors: II Ju Bae, Kang Moon Seo, Chang Hun Rhee
  • Patent number: 6696073
    Abstract: A load-bearing osteoimplant, methods of making the osteoimplant and method for repairing hard tissue such as bone and teeth employing the osteoimplant are provided. The osteoimplant comprises a shaped, coherent mass of bone particles which may exhibit osteogenic properties. In addition, the osteoimplant may possess one or more optional components which modify its mechanical and/or bioactive properties, e.g., binders, fillers, reinforcing components, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Osteotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd M. Boyce, Lawrence Shimp, Albert Manrique, John M. Winterbottom
  • Publication number: 20040022869
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating one or more symptoms of disorders in which modulation of a subject's immune system is beneficial utilizing a lymphoid tissue inducing agent and an immunomodulatory agent. In particular, the present invention provides methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating a proliferative disorder, an infectious disease, a cardiovascular disease, an autoimmune disorder, or an inflammatory disorder or one or more symptoms thereof comprising administering to a subject in need thereof one or more lymphoid tissue inducing agents and one or immunomodulatory agents. The present invention also provides compositions and articles of manufacture for use in preventing, treating or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated with disorders in which modulation of a subject's immune system is beneficial, including, but not limited to proliferative disorders, infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune disorders and inflammatory disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Lan Bo Chen, Stine-Kathrein Kraeft, Daniel Auclair
  • Publication number: 20040018987
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for treatment of tumors comprising administering to subject bearing a tumor an effective amount of at least one agent that decreases the [GSH]2/[GSSG] ratio in the malignant cells of said tumor, wherein said at least one agent is administered continuously to said patient for a period of time within the range of from about 15 to about 75 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Arnold Hoffman, Lee M. Spetner, Michael Burke
  • Publication number: 20040018246
    Abstract: This invention is about the identification of the HD-2, a natural chemical substance that was separated and purified from a natural product, Sinsuk, as arsenic hexoxide (As4O6) and about its therapeutic efficacy as an anti-cancer drug and pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: Ill-Ju BAE
    Inventors: Ill-Ju Bae, Jong-Bae Kim, Choong-Ki Eun, Seung-Kyu Song, Byung-Sun Suh, Kwan-Hee Lee, Myoung-Sool Doo, Jin-Hwan Kwak, Byung-Doo Song, Taek-Joon Yoon, Tae-Bong Kang, Choon-Ho Park
  • Publication number: 20030211171
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of leukemia, lymphoma and solid tumors. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used in combination with other therapeutic agents, such as a retinoid. The invention also provides a process for producing arsenic trioxide formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventors: Raymond P. Warrell, Pier Paolo Pandolfi, Janice L. Gabrilove, Ralph Ellison, Steven Soignet
  • Patent number: 6589567
    Abstract: This invention is about the identification of the HD-2, a natural chemical substance that was separated and purified from a natural product, Sinsuk, as arsenic hexoxide (As4O6) and about its therapeutic efficacy as an anti-cancer drug and pharmaceutical composition. Arsenic hexoxide (As4O6), a natural chemical substance obtained from Sinsuk after eliminating the toxic property, has a potent anti-cancer efficacy by its direct cytotoxicity on tumor cells and suppresses the formation of new blood vessels of tumor masses, which results in complete cure of malignant cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Inventors: Ill-Ju Bae, Jong-Bae Kim, Choong-Ki Eun, Seung-Kyu Song, Byung-Sun Suh, Kwan-Hee Lee, Myoung-Sool Doo, Jin-Hwan Kwak, Byung-Doo Song, Taek-Joon Yoon, Tae-Bong Kang, Choon-Ho Park
  • Publication number: 20030099719
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of leukemia, lymphoma and solid tumors. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used in combination with other therapeutic agents, such as a retinoid. The invention also provides a process for producing arsenic trioxide formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond P. Warrell, Pier P. Pandolfi, Janice L. Gabrilove, Ralph Ellison, Steven Soignet
  • Publication number: 20020183385
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of neoplastic diseases. The present invention encompasses the administration to a mammal of arsenic in the form of a salt, complex, organic compound or ionic solution to treat tumors of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, central nervous system, lymphoid tissue, hematopoietic cells and tumors associated with oncogenic viruses. This invention also encompasses the treatment of hematopoietic disorders in mammals by the administration of one or more arsenic compounds to said mammal. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used to treat metastatic neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Ralph M. Ellison, Fred H. Mermelstein
  • Patent number: 6440444
    Abstract: A load-bearing osteoimplant, method of making the osteoimplant and method for repairing bone using the osteoimplant are provided. The osteoimplant comprises a shaped, compressed composition of bone particles. The osteoimplant possesses a bulk density of greater than about 0.7 g/cm3 and a wet compressive strength of at least about 3 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Osteotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd M. Boyce, Lawrence A. Shimp, Albert Manrique
  • Patent number: 6413551
    Abstract: A termiticide which comprises at least one compound which in the presence of a termite produces a termiticidally effective amount of hydrogen sulfide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventor: David William Holloway
  • Publication number: 20020028253
    Abstract: This invention is about the identification of the HD-2, a natural chemical substance that was separated and purified from a natural product, Sinsuk, as arsenic hexoxide (As4O6) and about its therapeutic efficacy as an anti-cancer drug and pharmaceutical composition. Arsenic hexoxide (As4O6), a natural chemical substance obtained from Sinsuk after eliminating the toxic property, has a potent anti-cancer efficacy by its direct cytotoxicity on tumor cells and suppresses the formation of new blood vessels of tumor masses, which results in complete cure of malignant cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Ill-Ju Bae, Jong-Bae Kim, Choong-Ki Eun, Seung-Kyu Song, Byung-Sun Suh, Kwan-Hee Lee, Myoung-Sool Doo, Jin-Hwan Kwak, Byung-Doo Song, Taek-Joon Yoon, Tae-Bong Kang, Choon-Ho Park
  • Publication number: 20020001630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel angiogenesis inhibitor, more particularly, arsenolite (solid As4O6) and composition containing the same. The arsenolite of the present invention inhibits endothelial cell proliferation and tube formation so that it can be used for medication of various angiogenic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Il Ju Bae, Kang Moon Seo, Chang Hun Rhee
  • Patent number: 6309672
    Abstract: This invention is about the identification of the HD-2, a natural chemical substance that was separated and purified from a natural product, Sinsuk, as arsenic hexoxide (As4O6) and about its therapeutic efficacy as an anti-cancer drug and pharmaceutical composition. Arsenic hexoxide (As4O6), a natural chemical substance obtained from Sinsuk after eliminating the toxic property, has a potent anti-cancer efficacy by its direct cytotoxicity on tumor cells and suppresses the formation of new blood vessels of tumor masses, which results in complete cure of malignant cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventors: Ill-Ju Bae, Jong-Bae Kim, Choong-Ki Eun, Seung-Kyu Song, Byung-Sun Suh, Kwan-Hee Lee, Myoung-Sool Doo, Jin-Hwan Kwak, Byung-Doo Song, Taek-Joon Yoon, Tae-Bong Kang, Choon-Ho Park
  • Patent number: 6103768
    Abstract: The invention described here concerns the unique utility of fatty acids and their derivatives to eradicate existing fungal and bacterial infections in plants. Also, described herein are combination treatments whereby fatty acids are used to enhance or augment the activity of fungicides, bactericides, and biological control agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Mycogen Corporation
    Inventors: Steven D. Savage, Steven L. Evans, Robert A. Haygood, Paul S. Zorner, Keith Jones
  • Patent number: 5709890
    Abstract: An insecticide composition is enhanced from the standpoint of its ability to be absorbed by insects, such as red fire ants, particularly dithiophosphate ester pesticides by the addition of a small amount of a water soluble non-aromatic polyorganic acid or salt form thereof such as polyaspartic acid, particularly preferred with a molecular weight in the range of about 3000 to 40,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Donlar Corporation
    Inventor: J. Larry Sanders
  • Patent number: 5141753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing wood anti-rot agent of the copper-arsenic precipitate created in the solution purification of copper electrolysis, or of some other corresponding precipitate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Outokumpu Oy
    Inventors: Henri K. Virtanen, Leo E. Lindroos
  • Patent number: 4944950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bait composition for insects comprising a mixture of cucumbers, eggs, potatoes, sugar and honey. The bait composition can incorporate an insecticidal mixture of boric acid, mercuric chloride, arsenic trioxide and aluminum sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Inventor: Bronislava Sakharova
  • Patent number: 4847002
    Abstract: A wood preservative solution comprising water, hexavalent chromium, copper and arsenic can be stabilized against precipitation by the addition of fluorine ion, thereby enhancing the useful life and safety of the solution. Fluoride salts like cerium fluoride, sodium fluoride and calcium fluoride are suitable sources for fluorine ion in such a solution. Wood treated with the preservative solution displays increased penetration, distribution and retention of chromium, copper and arsenic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Bell Canada
    Inventors: William P. Trumble, Cheryl M. Maritan
  • Patent number: 4826682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bait composition for insects comprising a mixture of cucumbers, eggs, potatoes, sugar and honey. The bait composition can incorporate an insecticidal mixture of boric acid, mercuric chloride, arsenic trioxide and aluminum sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Inventor: Bronislava Sakharova