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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
W Harry Mandeville, III, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley, Arlington, MA (US);
Thomas X Neenan, Boston, MA (US);
George M Whitesides, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424484 ; 424486 ; 424487 ; 525903 ; 514824 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for removing bile salts from a patient, comprising the step of administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer network composition comprising a cationic polymer. In one embodiment, the polymer network is an interpenetrating polymer network. In another embodiment, the polymer network is a semi-interpenetrating polymer network.