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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:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2001
Applicants:
Jan Hedner, Göteborg, SE;
Lars Sjöström, Hoväs, SE;
Kaj Stenlöf, Torslanda, SE;
Ludger Grote, Göteborg, SE;
Inventors:
Jan Hedner, Göteborg, SE;
Lars Sjöström, Hoväs, SE;
Kaj Stenlöf, Torslanda, SE;
Ludger Grote, Göteborg, SE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/20 (2006.01); A61K 9/48 (2006.01); A61K 9/16 (2006.01); A61K 9/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for treating snoring, sleep apnoea and other forms of sleep disordered breathing involves administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of topiramate over an appropriate period of time, such as a period substantially coinciding with the sleep period of a patient. A useful route of administration is per os. Also disclosed is the use of topiramate for the diagnosis of snoring, sleep apnoea and other forms of sleep disordered breathing.