US 11,925,609 B2
Treatments for diabetes mellitus and obesity
Pankaj Pasricha, Ellicott City, MD (US); and Liansheng Liu, Cockeysville, MD (US)
Filed by Pankaj Pasricha, Ellicott City, MD (US); and Liansheng Liu, Cockeysville, MD (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/748,974.
Application 15/277,704 is a division of application No. 14/233,732, granted, now 9,555,020, issued on Jan. 31, 2017, previously published as PCT/US2012/047134, filed on Jul. 18, 2012.
Application 16/748,974 is a continuation of application No. 15/277,704, filed on Sep. 27, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/637,444, filed on Apr. 24, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/509,491, filed on Jul. 19, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2020/0155218 A1, May 21, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61K 31/165 (2006.01); A61K 31/167 (2006.01); A61K 31/357 (2006.01); A61K 31/36 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 31/167 (2013.01) [A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61K 31/165 (2013.01); A61K 31/357 (2013.01); A61K 31/36 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00494 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61B 18/12 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61N 2007/003 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
 
1. A method of treatment comprising:
administering an analgesic agent in a targeted fashion to the duodenum in a subject, wherein the subject suffers from diabetes mellitus or obesity, wherein the analgesic agent comprises lidocaine.