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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2002
Karla M. Jacobus, Cary, NC (US);
Benjamin R. Yerxa, Raleigh, NC (US);
William Pendergast, Durham, NC (US);
Richard C. Boucher, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Janet L. Rideout, Raleigh, NC (US);
David J. Drutz, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael K. James, Raleigh, NC (US);
Monroe Jackson Stutts, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Cara Geary, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eduardo R. Lazarowski, Durham, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of stimulating ciliary beat frequency to promote mucociliary or cough clearance of retained mucus secretions from the lungs, sinuses, upper airways, ears, eyes, genito-urinary tract, spermatozoa, ovaries, fallopian tubes, neutrophils, and macrophages of a patient. The method comprises administering uridine triphosphates, adenosine triphosphates, cytidine triphosphates, or dinucleoside tetraphosphates and the derivatives thereof to an affected body of a patient, to treat dysfunction of the mucociliary clearance system as a result of impaired ciliary movement in the patient.