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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. 30, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard C Krivan, Bethesda, MD (US);
James E Samuel, Germantown, MD (US);
Assignee:
MicroCarb, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241691 ; 4241641 ; 4242341 ; 4242361 ; 4242411 ; 435-732 ; 435-737 ; 5303895 ; 5303901 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are high titer, monospecific, polyclonal antibodies to Shiga-like toxins. Also disclosed are methods for producing such antibodies, compositions containing them, and methods for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases caused by Shiga-like toxins. These include hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans, edema disease in swine, and calf diarrhea in cattle.