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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:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
May. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph J Salata, Lansdale, PA (US);
Jixin Wang, Wayne, PA (US);
Michael C Sanguinetti, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Nancy K Jurkiewicz, Spanish Fort, AL (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514221 ; 514320 ;
Abstract
This application discloses a method of treating cardiac ventricular arrhythmias and repolarization abnormalities associated with long QT syndrome and/or congestive heart failure comprising the adminstration of an agonist of the slowly activating cardiac delayed rectifier potassium current (I.sub.Ks).