Tricida, Inc.

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Renosis, Inc.

Son H Nguyen

Gerrit Klaerner

Eric F Connor

Scott M Tabakman

Kalpesh N Biyani

Paul H Kierstead

Randi K Gbur

Matthew J Kade

Jerry M Buysse

Michael James Cope

Hai Q Huynh

Pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of treating an animal, including a human, and methods of preparing such compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions contain nonabsorbable compositions and may be used, for example, to treat diseases or other metabolic conditions in which removal of protons, the conjugate base of a strong acid and/or a strong acid from the gastrointestinal tract would provide physiological benefits such as normalizing serum bicarbonate concentrations and the blood pH in an animal, including a human.

Compositions for and methods of treating acid-base disorders

Pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of treating an animal, including a human, and methods of preparing such compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions contain crosslinked amine polymers and may be used, for example, to treat diseases or other metabolic conditions in which removal of protons and/or chloride ions from the gastrointestinal tract would provide physiological benefits such as normalizing serum bicarbonate concentrations and the blood pH in an animal, including a human.

Proton-binding polymers for oral administration

HCl-binding compositions for and methods of treating acid-base disorders

Pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of treating an animal, including a human, and methods of preparing such compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions contain crosslinked amine polymers and may be used, for example, to treat diseases or other metabolic conditions in which removal of a target species from the gastrointestinal tract would provide physiological benefits.

Crosslinked poly(allylamine) polymer pharmaceutical compositions

The method of playing a card game using a card deck of 360 cards which consists of 10 modified conventional decks. Each modified conventional deck has all seven, eight, nine, and ten cards removed therefrom. Thus, each modified conventional deck comprises only 36 cards. The card game is played according to either a red winning scheme wherein only the cards in the red suit are counted and totalled or a black winning scheme wherein only the cards in the black suit are counted and totalled. The banker may arbitrarily choose either winning scheme, the chosen winning scheme being, commom to all the players and banker After the winning scheme is determined, the first round of three cards is dealt face down to all players (betting players and banker). After all players have received their three cards, the players total the value of the cards in their hands that only belong to the chosen suit winning scheme. The cards belonging to the suit not chosen are not counted and are not totalled. The players then determine whether an additional card is desired. This determination will likely be affected by whether the red winning scheme or the black winning scheme has been set. The hands of the various players are then compared with the hands of the banker, and winners are declared who have hands that are better than the banker's hand, according to the selected predetermined winning scheme. Any hand between the players and the banker are push hands that are considered to be tie.

Method of playing a card game wherein red suit or black suit cards are

The method of playing a card game using a card deck of 360 cards which consists of 15 modified conventional decks. Each modified conventional deck has all seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, and king cards removed therefrom. Thus, each modified conventional deck comprises only 24 cards. The card game is played according to either a high winning scheme wherein the best hand is a point total of twelve and the worst hand is a point total of two, or a low winning scheme wherein the best hand is a point total of two and the worst hand is a point total of twelve. The banker may arbitrarily choose either winning scheme, the chosen winning scheme being common to all the players and banker. After the winning scheme is determined, the first round of two cards is dealt face down to all players (betting players and banker). The players add the values of the cards in their hands. Eleven is subtracted whenever a hand total is greater than twelve. The players then determine whether an additional card is desired. This determination will likely be affected by whether the high winning scheme or the low winning scheme has been set. The hands of the various players are then compared with the hands of the banker, and winners are declared who have hands that are better than the banker's hand, according to the selected predetermined winning scheme.

Method of playing asian high-low card game

The method of playing a card game according to the present invention is operated among a plurality of players and a house dealer. The method uses a deck of 36 cards. The 36-card deck is obtained from a conventional 52-card deck with an additional two jokers, and all jack, queen, and king cards removed. Additionally, the three of hearts, three of spades, six of hearts, six of spades, nine of hearts, and nine of spades cards are removed. According to the method of the present invention, each player places a wager, and the house dealer deals four cards for each of the players. All of the sets of four cards are placed on the table in a row, and the house dealer assigns the position of banker to one of the players. The banker then picks one of the eight hands, and rolls a set of dice to determine which of the remaining players should receive that hand of four cards. The remaining hands are assigned to the remaining players in an orderly fashion. All of the player's cards are placed face down in an arranged order, except for the banker's hand, which is placed face up in an arranged order. Each player determines the arranged order of his hand. The player's cards are then sequentially compared to the banker's cards, and winners are determined based on the comparison.

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Milpitas, CA, United States of America

Son H Nguyen