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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:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert E Burgeson, Marblehead, MA (US);
Gregory P Lunstrum, Portland, OR (US);
Patricia Rouselle, Saint Genis Laval, FR;
Douglas R Keene, Portland, OR (US);
M Peter Marinkovich, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 21 ; 623 15 ;
Abstract
Improving adhesion of epidermis to an underlying dermal substrate including the step of providing an amount of purified kalinin between the epidermis and dermal substrate wherein the kalinin provides adhesion between the human dermis and epidermis wherein said kalinin is a trimeric molecule having the following three nonidentical chains: a chain which includes the BM165 epitope, either a 155 kilodalton chain or a 105 kilodalton chain, and a 140 kilodalton chain.