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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:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Millicent A. Firestone, Elmhurst, IL (US);
David M. Tiede, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Assignee:
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 ; A61K 3/174 ; A61K 9/127 ; A61K 4/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 ; A61K 3/174 ; A61K 9/127 ; A61K 4/730 ;
Abstract
A mixture is provided which manifests a gel phase at a temperature higher than that in which the mixture manifests a liquid phase. The mixture is a combination of a lipid, a polymer-grafted phospholipid and a surfactant. It is biomimetic in nature and changes phases when subjected to one or a plurality of environmental stimuli.