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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. 25, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert J Leonard, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Endocon, Inc., South Walpole, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424489 ; 424450 ; 424 931 ; 4352401 ;
Abstract
Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for delivering a clinically relevant agent to a mammalian recipient in vivo are provided. The methods involve forming a foam cell from an isolated foam cell precursor in vitro, incorporating an agent into the foam cell, and administering the foam cell containing the agent to the mammalian recipient. In a preferred embodiment, the foam cell precursors are isolated from a human recipient, treated, and returned to the patient in the form of a foam cell containing a therapeutically effective amount of the agent.