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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:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth Walsh, Carlisle, MA (US);
Assignee:
Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/336 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/336 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment of conditions associated with vascular insufficiency, and to methods and compositions for screening assays to select agents that are useful for this purpose. In particular the invention relates to HMG CoA reductase inhibitors and their use in promoting angiogenesis in vivo and in activating Akt in vascular endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo.