Title: “Treatments for Male Sexual Dysfunction.”
Patent No.: 5,439,938
Date: August 8, 1995
Inventors:Solomon H. Snyder, Arthur L. Burnett, Charles J. Lowenstein, David S. Bredt, Thomas S.K. Chang.
Abstract: Methods and devices are taught for regulating penile erection and urethral function. Inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase and precursors of nitric oxide are applied to relax or contract the muscles of the corpus cavernosum and the urethra.

Title: “Method for Treating Nerve Injury Caused as a Result of Surgery”
Patent No.: Pending (Serial No. 10/156/735)
Date: June 29, 2002
Inventors: Joseph P. Steiner, Solomon H. Snyder, Arthur L. Burnett
Abstract: Methods for treating nerve injury caused as a consequence of surgery, and specifically as a consequence of prostate surgery, or for methods of neuroprotection of penile innervation, by administering a neurotrophic compound to a patient in need thereof