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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002

Filed:

May. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/700 ;
Abstract

A breathing gas mixture is provided for the treatment of lung diseases, containing an amount of perfluorocarbon and oxygen containing 5 vol. % to 40 vol. % of perfluorocarbon relative to the amount of perfluorocarbon and oxygen. The amount of perfluorocarbon and oxygen in the breathing gas mixture ranges from about 20 vol. % to a maximum of 100 vol. % of the breathing gas mixture, and the remaining amount of up to about 80 vol. % contains one or more of the gases nitrogen, nitrogen monoxide and/or one or more anesthesia gases or noble gases, especially xenon. Perfluorohexane is an especially preferred perfluorocarbon.


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