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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vincent L. Fabiano, Princeton, NJ (US);
John R. McCullough, Hudson, MA (US);
Assignee:
Sepracor Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/140 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/140 ;
Abstract
A method for treating urinary incontinence, such as incontinence resulting from bladder detrusor muscle instability, using enantiomerically enriched (R, R)-glycopyrrolate. The method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of enantiomerically enriched (R, R)-glycopyrrolate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, substantially free of the (S, S)-glycopyrrolate enantiomer. Pharmaceutical compositions for the treament of urinary incontinence comprising enantiomerically enriched (R, R)-glycopyrrolate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an acceptable carrier are also disclosed.