The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Revogenex Ireland Ltd., Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
S. George Kottayil, Duluth, GA (US);
Jeffrey H. Ping, Suwanee, GA (US);
Assignee:
REVOGENEX IRELAND LTD., Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/135 (2006.01); A61K 31/485 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/138 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/135 (2013.01); A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 31/138 (2013.01); A61K 31/485 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating pain, e.g., acute post-operative pain, by administering to a human patient(s) a therapeutically effective dose of tramadol intravenously over a prolonged time period is disclosed. In certain embodiments, the dose is intravenously administered in a time period from about 10 minutes to about 3 hours, preferably from about 10 minutes to about 30 minutes. In other embodiments, intravenous doses are administered at suitable time intervals over a time period from about 3 hours to 48 hours.