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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:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Kitaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424450 ; 424417 ; 530323 ; 530330 ; 530331 ; 554106 ; 554110 ; 560169 ; 560170 ; 560171 ;
Abstract
An amphipathic compound, which includes a succinic acid moiety and an amino acid moiety and is designed so as to form a stable unilayer liposome, and a negatively charged liposome comprising said amphipathic compound as a membrane-component are disclosed. The amphipathic compound of the present invention gives liposomes which minimize the leakage of a drug encapsulated therein and scarcely undergo association, aggregation or precipitation.