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US 12,661,316 · App. 18/117,328 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Creatine and/or creatinine compositions and related methods

Inventors: Ronald Kramer (Signal Hill, CA); Alexandros Nikolaidis (Nea Kallikratia, GR)
Assignee: ThermoLife International, LLC
A61K9/08A61K31/4168A61K47/02A61P21/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,661,316
App. No.
18/117,328
Filed
Mar 3, 2023
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1625
USPC
514/398
Abstract

The disclosure is directed to methods related to creatinine, for example, a method for its safe administration to a human.

Claims (18)

1 . A method of safely administering creatinine to a subject in need thereof, said method comprising co-administering an effective amount of creatinine with an effective amount of creatine and an effective amount of a nitrate (NO3-) source selected from sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, or creatine nitrate to the subject.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of creatinine is at least 500 mg.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the effective amount of creatine is at least 500 mg and the effective amount of nitrate (NO3-) is at least 50 mg.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the effective amount of nitrate (NO3 − ) is between 50 mg and 1200 mg nitrate (NO 3 − ).

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the effective amount of nitrate (NO 3 − ) is between 50 mg and 1500 mg nitrate (NO 3 − ).

6 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the effective amount of nitrate (NO 3 − ) is between 60 mg and 1500 mg nitrate (NO 3 − ).

7 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the effective amount of nitrate (NO 3 − ) is between 60 mg and 1200 mg nitrate (NO 3 − ).

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of creatinine is at least 1000 mg.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the effective amount of creatine is at least 1000 mg and the effective amount of nitrate (NO3-) is at least 100 mg.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of creatinine is at least 2 g.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the effective amount of creatine is at least 2 g and the effective amount of nitrate (NO3-) is at least 500 mg.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of creatinine is at least 3 g.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the effective amount of creatine is at least 5 g and the effective amount of nitrate (NO3-) is at least 1000 mg.

14 . The method of claim 12 , comprising 3 g of creatinine and 3 g of creatine nitrate.

15 . The method of claim 12 , comprising 5 g of creatinine and 5 g of creatine nitrate.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of the amount of nitrate (NO 3 − ) to the amount of creatinine is one of between about 20:1 and about 1:9, between about 10:1 and about 1:1, between about 3:1 and about 1:3, and between about 2:1 and about 1:4.

17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the co-administration of creatinine, creatine, and nitrate (NO3-) causes no clinically significant elevation in liver enzymes or clinically significant reduction in estimated glomerular filtration rate.

18 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of creatinine can be administered safely for a period of 5 days or longer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2025
From: KRAMER, RONALD; NIKOLAIDIS, ALEXANDROS
To: THERMOLIFE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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Continuity (6)
Division 17246473 · Apr 30, 2021
Division 16541016 · Aug 14, 2019
Continuation In Part 16367209 · Mar 27, 2019
Provisional Application 62650594 · Mar 30, 2018
Provisional Application 62648870 · Mar 27, 2018
Related Publication 20230201115A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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