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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1991
Filed:
May. 09, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter W Ramwell, McLean, VA (US);
Marie L Foegh, McLean, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514468 ; 549297 ; 4241951 ; 435-1 ;
Abstract
A living tissue or living cell preservation solution comprising an effective amount of a ginkgolide to reduce reperfusion injury in living tissue which has been stored therein and a substance or mixture or substances present in an amount sufficient to produce an osmotic pressure in said solution approximately equal to the osmotic pressure or mammalian cell and a method for preventing or reducing reperfusion injury in transplanted mammalian organs, which comprises contacting an organ prior to reperfusion with an effective amount of a ginkgolide to reduce reperfusion injury in said organ.