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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:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kam W. Leong, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Michael F. Haller, Baltimore, MD (US);
Bernard A. Malavaud, Toulouse, FR;
Catherine S. Le Visage, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/800 ;
Abstract
The present invention features methods of administering a therapeutic agent to a patient's lymph nodes by instillation of microparticles or nanoparticles comprising a biocompatible polymer and the therapeutic agent into the patient's bladder. The invention also features methods of modulating a patient's immune response and methods of systemic delivery of a therapeutic agent systemically using the administration methods of the invention.