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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
W Harry Mandeville, III, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Thomas X Neenan, Boston, MA (US);
Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514549 ; 514627 ; 514642 ; 514643 ;
Abstract
A method for treating a microbial infection in a mammal, such as a human, comprising treating the mammal with a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer comprising an amino group or an ammonium group attached to the polymer backbone via an aliphatic spacer group. The polymer can be a homopolymer or a copolymer. In one embodiment, the polymer is a copolymer comprising a monomer having a pendant ammonium group and a hydrophobic monomer.