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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:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregor Reid, London, CA;
Andrew W Bruce, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Urex Biotech, Inc., London, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 9345 ; 424430 ; 424535 ; 4352529 ; 435244 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to lactobacillus, skim milk, lactobacillus growth factor (LGF) and lactobacillus compositions and methods of employing said composition for preventing urogenital infections. More particularly, this invention relates to the ability of strains of hydrophobic or hydrophilic lactobacillus to adhere to biomaterials, intestinal, vaginal and uroepithelial cells, to resist the action of certain anti-microbial agents and to dominate the urogenital flora.