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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. 01, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce T. Liang, Merion Station, PA (US);
Kenneth A. Jacobson, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/170 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/170 ;
Abstract
Compositions and methods for reducing or preventing ischemic damage of the heart are disclosed. A preferred embodiment of the invention comprises the simultaneous administration of specific A3/A1 receptor agonists, to patients suffering from ischemic damage or at risk for the same. In yet another embodiment of the invention, a binary conjugate which acts as an agonist for the A3 receptor and an antagonist at the A2 receptor, is administered to reduce or prevent ischemic damage to the heart.