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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:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hal V Barron, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elias Botvinick, San Rafael, CA (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of California Corporation, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 46 ; 514 56 ; 514824 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of promoting growth of new blood vessels, i.e., angiogenesis, by coadministration of an adenosine receptor agonist, e.g., adenosine, and heparin over a period of several days. In particular, this invention is applicable to promoting angiogenesis to improve collateral coronary circulation in patients suffering from myocardial infarction.