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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. 16, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Abla A Creasey, Piedmont, CA (US);
George J Broze, Ladue, MO (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 514-8 ; 514 21 ; 514921 ;
Abstract
A method for prophylactically or therapeutically treating sepsis or septic shock is described, wherein an inhibitor to tissue factor is administered to septic patients. Additionally, a method for treating inflammation is described wherein the inhibitor is administered to pateints. This inhibitor is termed lipoprotein associated coagulation inhibitor, or commonly LACI. It is 38 kD and has 276 amino acids. LACI has now been shown to be useful for the treatment of sepsis, septic shock and inflammation.