{
  "patent_number": "US 12734143",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Treprostinil Medicine Can Treat Interstitial Lung Disease",
  "original_title": "Treatment for interstitial lung disease",
  "summary": "This patent describes methods to treat a serious lung condition called interstitial lung disease (ILD) by giving patients the medicine treprostinil to reduce lung function decline and improve breathing capacity.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent provides methods for treating interstitial lung disease (ILD), a condition that causes scarring in the lungs. The core of the method involves administering treprostinil to a patient. The goal is to reduce the worsening of lung function over time and to increase the patient's forced vital capacity (FVC), which is the maximum amount of air they can exhale after a deep breath. For example, a patient with ILD could receive treprostinil to help slow down the progression of their disease and improve their ability to breathe deeply.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover treatments for interstitial lung disease that use different medications than treprostinil.",
    "Does not cover the use of treprostinil to treat lung conditions other than interstitial lung disease.",
    "Does not cover methods of improving lung function that do not involve administering treprostinil to a patient.",
    "Does not cover preventing interstitial lung disease before it develops, only treating existing conditions."
  ],
  "filed": "2025-11-25",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "biotech",
    "pharmaceutical",
    "healthcare"
  ],
  "abstract": "Methods of treating of interstitial lung disease, reducing pulmonary function decline in a subject with interstitial lung disease (ILD), and increasing forced vital capacity (FVC) in a subject suffering from ILD are provided, wherein the methods include administration of treprostinil.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12734143/treatment-for-interstitial-lung-disease",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12734143/treatment-for-interstitial-lung-disease/md",
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