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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:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas X Neenan, Boston, MA (US);
W Harry Mandeville, III, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 424 78 ; 424 7827 ; 424 7835 ; 526315 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of treating a viral infection in an animal, such as a human, by administering to the animal a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer comprising a plurality of pendant hydrophobic groups and a plurality of pendant acid functional groups. The acid functional groups are connected directly to the polymer backbone or via an aliphatic spacer group of 1 to about 20 atoms in length.