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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:
Nov. 15, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert W Henderson, Baldwin, MD (US);
Assignee:
Nutramax Laboratories, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 54 ; 514 62 ;
Abstract
A therapeutic composition for the protection, treatment and repair of connective tissue in mammals and a method for the treatment of connective tissue in mammals by the administration of the composition. The composition includes glucosamine and preferably chondroitin sulfate. The composition further includes manganese ascorbate which catalyzes the production of collagen and proteoglycans from the glucosamine and the chondroitin sulfate.