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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:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thaddeus P Pruss, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Clarion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 78 ; 514 77 ; 514826 ; 514851 ; 514855 ;
Abstract
The use of phospholipids of the following formula to reduce the viscosity of mucus in a patient is described: ##STR1## wherein one of X, Y, or Z represent: ##STR2## in which each R represents hydrogen or methyl, and each of the other two of X, Y, or Z represents --CO--R.sup.1 in which R.sup.1 represents linear or branched C.sub.11-21 alkyl or C.sub.11-21 alkenyl, unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, C.sub.1-6 linear or branched alkoxy or cyano.