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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:
Sep. 21, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chia-Ming Chiang, Foster City, CA (US);
Tung F Chen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cygnus Therapeutic Systems, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424449 ; 424448 ; 514277 ; 514947 ;
Abstract
Multi-day skin patches for administering bimakalim transdermally to treat cardiovascular diseases are described which consist of laminated composites having an occlusive elastomeric polymer backing layer and an underlying reservoir layer composed of a solid matrix of bimakalim dispersed in a polydimethylsiloxane or acrylate adhesive. The skin flux of bimakalin from the patches is greater than 0.1 .mu.g/cm.sup.2 /hr.