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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:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
J. Thomas Lamont, Newton, MA (US);
K. Ramakrishnan Bhaskar, Lexington, MA (US);
Allan M. Green, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/847 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/847 ;
Abstract
Gastrointestinal mucus from patients suffering from cystic fibrosis has been found to contain large amounts of chondroitin sulfate polymer. This finding indicates that the enzyme chondroitinase is useful for preventing gastrointestinal mucus from accumulating in cystic fibrosis patients, and subjects suffering from other diseases or conditions characterized by excess mucus secretion.