Patent ID: 7572789

Claim:
A salt comprising: a KATP channel opener selected from the group consisting of Formula III and Formula IV, and a counter ion as shown below wherein: R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, substituted lower alkyl, and cycloalkyl provided however that when R 1 is a substituted lower alkyl, then the substituent does not include an amino group; R 2a is hydrogen; R 2b is hydrogen; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, substituted lower alkyl, cycloalkyl and substituted cycloalkyl provided however that when R 3 is a substituted lower alkyl, then the substituent does not include an amino group; R 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, substituted lower alkyl, cycloalkyl and substituted cycloalkyl provided however that when R 4 is a substituted lower alkyl, then the substituent does not include an amino group.