The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
Alan M. Ezrin, Moraga, CA (US);
Dominique P. Bridon, Outremont, CA;
Darren L. Holmes, Montreal, CA;
Peter G. Milner, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Conjuchem, Inc., Montreal, CA;
Abstract
Conjugated are prepared from antinociceptive a agents, particularly opioids or opioid analoges, more particularly deltorphins, enkephalins or analogs thereof, by combining said antinociceptive agent with a material providing a functionally reactive group capable of reacting with a blood component (preferably cell or protein). Said conjugates permit extension of the therapeutic life of the antinociceptive agent. They may be administered to patients to alleviate pain, produce analgesic effects, or assist in cases of narcotics withdrawal, and may also be used as probes for receptor activity. The administration to the patient ma be made either in vivo or ex vivo and may be performed by either introducing the derivative including the reactive functional group into the patient's vascular system or preparing such a conjugate externally (or in vitro) and introducing that conjugate to the patient's vascular system.