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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2007
Kevin P. Hurley, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jonathan S. Stamler, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
John Baillie, Durham, NC (US);
James D. Reynolds, Durham, NC (US);
Stephen O. Vaughan, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Kevin P. Hurley, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jonathan S. Stamler, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
John Baillie, Durham, NC (US);
James D. Reynolds, Durham, NC (US);
Stephen O. Vaughan, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides compositions comprising a gas and a gastrointestinal smooth muscle relaxing agent comprising ethyl nitrite in a therapeutically effective amount. The present invention also provides methods of relaxing gastrointestinal smooth muscle, alleviating contraction or spasm of gastrointestinal smooth muscle to facilitate a diagnostic medical procedure and treating or preventing a gastrointestinal disorder using the compositions of the invention.