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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:
Oct. 15, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Warren D Sheffield, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 514 21 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for preventing tissue damage in a patient after the tissue has been deprived of blood supply resulting in ischemia. The method involves administering to the patient a polypeptide having epidermal growth factor activity or fibroblast growth factor activity prior to or after the ischemic event.