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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:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Giulio Jori, Padova, IT;
Matthias Kocher, Overath, DE;
Emanuel Vogel, Cologne, DE;
Alexander D Cross, Atherton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cytopharm, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424450 ; 424-11 ; 514410 ; 604 49 ;
Abstract
The therapeutic compositions of this invention comprise one or more porphycene compounds incorporated within liposomes. The method of this invention for treating cancer comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a porphycene derivative to a patient, and exposing an affected body area of the patient to a therapeutically sufficient amount of light having a wavelength of from 600 to 950 nm.