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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:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Cooke, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James Jang, San Bruno, CA (US);
Phillip Tsao, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Heeschen, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/340 ; A61K 3/144 ; A61K 3/578 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/340 ; A61K 3/144 ; A61K 3/578 ;
Abstract
The present invention features methods for induction of angiogenesis by administration of nicotine or other nicotine receptor agonist. Induction of angiogenesis by the methods of the invention can be used in therapeutic angiogenesis in, for example, treatment of ischemic syndromes such as coronary or peripheral arterial disease.