149 results about "Anti-Infective Agents" patented technology

Agents, compositions, and implants are provided herein for treating diverticular disease (e.g., diverticulosis and diverticulitis). In particular, fibrosis-inducing agents, hemostatic agents, and / or anti-infective agents, or compositions containing one or more of these agents are provided for use in methods for treating diverticular disease.

An anti-infective covering for an implantable medical device is described. The covering may be a polymeric boot that comprises an anti-infective agent in an amount effective to prevent an infection when implanted in a pocket of a patient. The boot is configured to snuggly engage at least a portion of the implantable medical device. The boot may contain a side hole that allows a housing of the implantable medical device to serve as a return electrode. The boot may be placed about the implantable medical device to render the device anti-infective.

A pharmaceutical formulation to treat vaginal conditions in a human patient comprises: at least one active agent; a modified release dosage form which provides extended release of the anti-infective agent upon vaginal administration to the patient; and wherein the formulation, when containing a total dose of the anti-infective agent of about 25 μg to about 500 mg based on the active agent will produce a plasma concentration versus time curve (ng / mL versus hours) having an area under the curve (AUC) of less than about 600 ng / mL.hr.

The present invention is directed to a homeopathic complex for use in the treatment of various diseases or disorders, including use as an anti-infective agent and / or in the regeneration of diseased or damaged tissue. Ideally, the anti-infective homeopathic complex of the invention may comprise a homeopathic tincture or dilutions thereof of Hepar sulphuris calcareum or other similar profiled Calcarea or Sulphur salt or acid, Lachesis muta or other remedy with a similar profile, Mercurius Solubilis or similar mercury containing remedy and Silica or other silica containing compounds.

The teachings provided herein are directed to a system and method for delivering an anti-infective agent through the nail of a subject having a nail infection. The system can comprise a drug delivery mechanism comprising an anti-infective agent and a heating element and a holding mechanism for releasably attaching the drug delivery mechanism to the digit having the infected nail. The drug delivery mechanism does not comprise a nail-infection-agent-containing member or sponge for receiving and delivering the anti-infective agent to the infected nail. In addition, the holding mechanism comprises a substantially open structure that covers the infected nail and does not enclose the digit. The system facilitates an enhanced trans-keratin drug delivery of the anti-infective agent through the infected nail in a dark, warm, and moist environment that prevents the growth of fungi in the infected nail. The teachings also include a heatable bandage for treating an infected nail.

Fatty acid-derived biomaterials, methods of making the biomaterials, and methods of loading them with silver compounds are described. The silver-containing biomaterials can be utilized alone or in combination with a medical device for the release and local delivery of one or more anti-infective agents. Methods of forming and tailoring the properties of said biomaterials and methods of using said biomaterials for treating injury in a mammal are also provided.

Anti-infective foamable composition and kits include a foamable carrier; a therapeutically safe and effective concentration of an anti-infective agent; an augmenting agent selected from the group consisting of a keratolytic agent and a skin penetration enhancer; and a propellant. The composition is housed in a container and upon release is expandable to form a breakable foam. The foamable carrier is selected to generate a foam of good or excellent quality in the presence of the augmenting agent and anti-infective agent. Methods for treating, alleviating or preventing a disorder of the skin, a body cavity or mucosal surface, wherein the disorder involves a fungal, bacterial or viral infection as one of its etiological factors, is described.

The invention provides a family of compounds useful as anti-infective agents and / or anti-proliferative agents, for example, chemotherapeutic agents, anti-fungal agents, anti-bacterial agents, anti-parasitic agents, anti-viral agents, and / or anti-inflammatory agents, and / or prokinetic (gastrointestinal modulatory) agents, having the formula:or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof.

The present invention provides a clear stable ophthalmic composition comprising (a) an anti-infective agent; (b) a steroidal anti-inflammatory agent; (c) a complexing agent capable of forming an inclusion complex and (d) other pharmaceutically acceptable excipients in a liquid vehicle such that the composition is free of any other complexation enhancing polymer and such composition when stored at room temperature for one year does not show any precipitation over the storage period.

The invention relates to novel methods for using macrolide anti-infective agents. The macrolide anti-infective agents demonstrate antibacterial activity against multi-drug resistant strains of bacteria and, in particular, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Methods for inhibiting the activity of multi-drug resistant bacterial organisms and methods for treating a bacterial infection caused by such organisms are described herein.

The present invention is directed to a hemostatic material comprising a compacted, hemostatic aggregates of cellulosic fibers. In some aspects, the hemostatic material further includes additives, such as carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) or other polysaccharides, calcium salts, anti-infective agents, hemostasis promoting agents, gelatin, collagen, or combinations thereof. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of making the hemostatic materials described above by compacting a cellulosic-based material into hemostatic aggregates. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of treating a wound by applying hemostatic materials described above onto and / or into the wound of a patient.

The invention features a method for treating a patient diagnosed with, or at risk of developing, an iminunoinflainpiatory disorder by administering a non-steroidal immunophilin-dependent immunosuppressant (NsIDI) and a Group A enhancer (e.g., antifungal agent, antigout agent, anti-infective agent, antiprotozoal agent, antiviral agent, humectant, sunscreen, vitamin D compound, microtubuline inhibitor, or zinc salt) or analog or metabolite thereof to the patient. The invention also features a pharmaceutical composition containing an NsIDI and Group A enhancer or analog or metabolite thereof for the treatment or prevention of an immunoinflammatory disorder.

A composition for providing relief to a discomfort of an eye comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a material that allows the composition to remain in an ocular environment for an extended period of time. The composition can further comprise an active ingredient selected from the group consisting of anti-allergic agents, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-infective agents, and combinations thereof.

Compounds having the formulaare hepatitis C (HCV) polymerase inhibitors. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for inhibiting hepatitis C (HCV) polymerase, processes for making the compounds, and synthetic intermediates employed in the processes.

Disclosed herein are hydroxylthienoquinolones and related compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts useful as antiviral agents and having the general formulain which the variables R2, R6, and R7 are defined herein. Certain compounds provided herein possess potent antibacterial, antiprotozoal, or antifungal activity and are particularly efficacious for the treatment of MRSA infections. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical compositions containing a hydroxylthienoquinolone in combination with one or more other active agent, and methods of treating microbial infections in animals by administering an effective amount of a hydroxylthienoquinolone or related compound to an animal suffering from a microbial infection.

The invention provides certain compounds and salts of Formula I and Formula II:which possess antimicrobial activity. The invention also provides novel synthetic intermediates useful in making compounds of Formula I and Formula II. The variables A1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, A8 and R9 are defined herein.

The present invention relates to the use of bioenhancers to decrease the resistance of microbial strains to anti-infective such an antibiotics and antifungals by potentiating the activities of anti-infective. This may be usefuil to reduce resistance in bacteria and yeast to aid in the treatment of certain infections and disease and to lower the concentration of antiinfectives necessary to inhibit the growth of microbial strains.