United Therapeutics Corporation

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E. Benson Hood Laboratories

James Loyd

Michael Wade

Gilles Cloutier

Richard E Parker

James Crow

Lewis H Marten

Dennis F Creedon

Kirk B Lane

William C Nichols

John A Phillips, Iii

Rajiv D Machado

Tatiana Foroud

Jennifer R Thomson

Richard C Trembath

Michael W Pauciulo

An apparatus and method for implanting a surgical apparatus including a first flange having an opening, a second flange having an opening, and a shaft having a lumen connecting the first and second flange openings. The surgical apparatus is inserted into a stoma formed in the trachea of a patient. The surgical apparatus receives and secures an oxygen supply line for patients who have difficulty breathing.

Transtracheal oxygen stent

A method of delivering benzindene prostaglandins to a patient by inhalation is discussed. A benzindene prostaglandin known as UT-15 has unexpectedly superior results when administered by inhalation compared to parenterally administered UT-15 in sheep with induced pulmonary hypertension.

Method for delivering benzindene prostaglandins by inhalation

This invention relates generally to a method of identifying an individual having an increased susceptibility to developing Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (FPPH), as well as to a method for diagnosing an individual suffering from FPPH. The invention also relates to a method of identifying an individual having an increased susceptibility to developing (non-familial) Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH), as well as to a method for diagnosing an individual suffering from PPH.

Method of diagnosing pulmonary hypertension

Method for treating peripheral vascular disease by administering benzindene prostaglandins by inhalation

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