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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:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroki Mikami, Hyogo, JP;
Ryoji Nishibata, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Zoki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800-2 ; 800D / ; 424-91 ; 4351723 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of preparing bronchial hypersensitive or hyposensitive guinea pigs by selective breeding on the basis of bronchial sensitivity to inhalant chemicals inducing bronchoconstriction. The hypersensitive guinea pigs of the present invention are extremely useful as model animals for the study of bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis and for the evaluation of efficacy of-antiasthmatics and antiallergic substances.