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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:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert P Lanza, Clinton, MA (US);
William L Chick, Wellesley, MA (US);
Assignee:
Biohybrid Technologies, Inc., Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61K / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424501 ; 424426 ; 424502 ; 435180 ; 435182 ;
Abstract
Methods for inhibition of fibrotic rejection of implanted devices which contain cells by administering to the recipient of the devices an amount of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent (NSAID) sufficient to inhibit fibrotic inactivation of the device. Most NSAID's are carboxylic acids (R--COOH) or enolic acids (R--COH).