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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. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Myra L. Patchen, Framingham, MA (US);
Spiros Jamas, Boston, MA (US);
D. Davidson Easson, Jr., Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Gary R. Ostroff, Worcester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Biopolymer Engineering Pharmaceutical, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1715 ; C07H 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1715 ; C07H 1/00 ;
Abstract
The invention pertains to compositions and therapeutic and prophylatic methods for treating/preventing infections in an animal or human by administering a soluble &bgr;-glucan composition comprising &bgr;-glucan molecules having an average molecular weight of at least 1,000,000 daltons, as determined by multi-angle laser light scattering (VHMW-glucan).