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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony H Cincotta, Charlestown, MA (US);
Albert H Meier, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
John M Wilson, Charlestown, MA (US);
Assignees:
The Board of Supervisors of Louisana State and Agricultural and, , US;
Ergo Science Incorporated, Charlestown, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424423 ; 514866 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods for regulating or ameliorating lipid and glucose metabolism and reducing in a vertebrate animal body fat stores, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, elevated blood lipoproteins (such as triglycerides and cholesterol including chylomicrons, VLDL and LDL) and/or increasing in the subject the plasma HDL. The methods comprise administration or timed administration of inhibitors of dopamine beta hydroxylase (DBH).