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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:
Aug. 24, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donard S Dwyer, Lexington, MA (US);
Kristin Esenther, Ashland, MA (US);
Assignee:
Procept, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424617 ; 424719 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to the use of Ruthenium Red as an immunosuppressive agent to prevent or significantly reduce graft rejection in organ and bone marrow transplantation. Ruthenium Red can also be used as an immunosuppressant drug for T lymphocyte mediated autoimmune diseases. Furthermore, Ruthenium Red may be useful in alleviating psoriasis.