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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jerome Zeldis, Princeton, NJ (US);
Susan McLaughlin, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Bruce Stouch, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Assignee:
Therakos, Inc., Exton, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514455 ; 514451 ; 514454 ; 514461 ; 514468 ; 604-4 ;
Abstract
A method of treating inflammatory disorders of the bowel and inflammatory disorders of the urinary bladder are disclosed. A method of modulating the function of monocytes is also disclosed. The method involves the treatment of a patient's blood with a photoactivatable compound followed by ultraviolet light-activation of the photoactivatable compound. The blood treated as such is returned to the patient in a process known as extracorporeal photopheresis.