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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen J Hoffman, Denver, CO (US);
Kiyoshi Nagai, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Somatogen, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514-6 ; 514 23 ; 514832 ; 514833 ; 530385 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides blood substitutes comprised of recombinantly produced mutant hemoglobin having an osmolarity greater than 303 milliosmoles per liter and less than 800 milliosmoles per liter. Such hyperosmolar blood substitute additionally comprises a physiologically acceptable molecule less diffusible than dextrose.