Daniel J Conklin

US Patent:

20050180956, Aug 18, 2005

Filed:

Feb 18, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/781318

Inventors:

Daniel Conklin - Louisville KY, US

International Classification:

A61K045/00
A61K031/195
A61K031/138
A61K031/137

US Classification:

424093700, 514567000, 514649000, 514651000

Abstract:

Another embodiment relates to a method of processing a blood vessel comprising preparing a blood vessel for implantation in a patient and exposing the blood vessel to a physiological solution that comprises an exogenous substrate for an SSAO enzyme. Another embodiment is a composition having a concentration of an exogenous substrate for an SSAO enzyme, wherein the concentration of the exogenous substrate is at least great enough to relax a blood vessel exposed to the solution. Another embodiment is a medicament having an exogenous substrate for an SSAO enzyme. Another embodiment is a treatment for high blood pressure using an exogenous substrate for an SSAO enzyme.