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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. 26, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
James B McCarthy, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Leo T Furcht, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-2 ; 623-3 ; 623-4 ; 623-6 ; 623 22 ; 623-1 ; 530326 ; 514 13 ;
Abstract
A composition which can bind heparin and promote cellular adhesion and neurite outgrowth is provided which consists essentially of a polypeptide of the formula: ##STR1## Medical devices such as prosthetic implants, percutaneous devices and cell culture substrates coated with the polypeptide composition are also provided.