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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G Kilbourn, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph De Angelo, Hamtramck, MI (US);
Joseph Bonaventura, Beaufort, NC (US);
Assignees:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, , US;
Apex BioScience, Inc., , US;
Duke University, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514-6 ; 514 12 ; 514 21 ; 424 852 ; 530385 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method for the prophylaxis or treatment of an animal for deleterious physiological effects such as systemic hypotension caused by nitric oxide production induced by a biological response modifier. Examples of such biological response modifiers include but are not limited to a cytokine and an endotoxin. The invention is also directed to a method for the treatment of septic shock.