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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:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Fitzpatrick, Marblehead, MA (US);
Chad Cori Huval, Somerville, MA (US);
Caroline Isabelle Bacon Kurtz, Sudbury, MA (US);
W. Harry Mandeville, III, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Thomas X. Neenan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/174 ; A61K 3/1785 ; A61K 3/1765 ; A61K 3/1795 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/174 ; A61K 3/1785 ; A61K 3/1765 ; A61K 3/1795 ;
Abstract
A method for treating pathogenic toxins in a mammal, such as a human, comprising treating the mammal with a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer comprising a cationic group attached to the polymer backbone. The polymer can be a homopolymer or a copolymer. In one embodiment, the polymer is a copolymer comprising a monomer having a pendant ammonium group and a hydrophobic monomer.