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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. 11, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1993
Alan J Fischman, Boston, MA (US);
Howard F Solomon, New Hope, PA (US);
Claudia K Derian, Hatboro, PA (US);
Gary J Bridger, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
John D Higgins, III, West Chester, PA (US);
Scott K Larsen, West Chester, PA (US);
Pedro E Hernandez, Malvern, PA (US);
Robert H Rubin, Brookline, MA (US);
H William Strauss, Skillman, NJ (US);
Anthony J Fuccello, Princeton, NJ (US);
Daniel J Kroon, Flemington, NJ (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Johnson Matthey, Inc., West Chester, PA (US);
Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation, Raritan, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of detecting a site of infection or inflammation, and a method for treating such infection or inflammation, in an individual by administering to the individual a diagnostically or therapeutically effective amount of detectably labeled, therapeutic, or therapeutically-conjugated, chemotactic peptide that accumulates substantially at the infected or inflamed site, said chemotactic peptide having the general structure