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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:
Jan. 18, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael H Davidson, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604-4 ; 604-5 ;
Abstract
A method for reducing the risk of atherosclerosis in a patient at risk of same comprising the steps of removing cholesterol ester transfer protein from blood of the patient to reduce the plasma CETP levels in the patient. In an embodiment, the method includes the step of passing the patient's plasma through an apheresis machine to remove at least some of the plasma cholesterol ester transfer protein.