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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:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A Wink, Jr, Hagerstown, MD (US);
James B Mitchell, Damascus, MD (US);
Angelo Russo, Bethesda, MD (US);
Murali C Krishna, Derwood, MD (US);
Ingeborg Hanbauer, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Matthew B Grisham, Shreveport, LA (US);
Daniel Neil Granger, Shreveport, LA (US);
Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514611 ; 514642 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for treating oxygen free radical induced tissue damage associated with ischemia reperfusion injury, wherein nitric oxide is delivered to target cells/tissues through the administration of a nitric oxide-containing compound that spontaneously releases nitric oxide under physiological conditions without requiring the presence of oxygen.