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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:
Jul. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
J. Edwin Seegmiller, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/155 ; A61K 3/1495 ; A61K 3/144 ; A61K 3/1275 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/155 ; A61K 3/1495 ; A61K 3/144 ; A61K 3/1275 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a method of treating an animal with pyrophosphate gout or osteoarthritis comprising administering an effective amount of a calcium antagonist, thereby reducing calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition in the animal.