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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Zasadzinski, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Scott Walker, Woodbury, MN (US);
Michael Kennedy, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 ; A61K 9/16 ; A61K 9/50 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 ; A61K 9/16 ; A61K 9/50 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a bilayer structure for encapsulating multiple containment units. These containment units can attach or contain therapeutic or diagnostic agents that can be released through the bilayer structure. A suitable example of such a containment unit is a unilamellar or multilamellar vesicle.