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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. 02, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Venkatram R. Shastri, Lower Gwynedd, PA (US);
Isaac Yue, Midland, MI (US);
Patrice Hildgen, Laval, CA;
Ruben Dario Sinisterra, Belo Horizonte, BR;
Robert Langer, Newton, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of increasing the biological activity of a bioactive agent by complexing the bioactive agent with a complexing agent. In one preferred embodiment, the bioactive agent is an antibiotic and the complexing agent is a cyclodextrin. However, the invention may be extended to include any drugs as bioactive agents. In certain preferred embodiments, the bioactive agent fits into a hydrophobic core of a complexing agent.
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