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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:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy R Billiar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Edith Tzeng, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Larry L Shears, II, Bethel Park, PA (US);
David A Geller, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Howard David Edington, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 944 ; 435189 ; 424 941 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of promoting the closure of a wound in a patient. This method involves transferring exogenous iNOS to the region of the wound whereby a product of iNOS is produced in the region of the wound to promote the closure of the wound.