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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2003
Applicants:

Robert John Speirs, Lynwood, WA (US);

Barbara Ann Schaeffler, Seattle, WA (US);

Peter Bruce Challoner, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Robert John Speirs, Lynwood, WA (US);

Barbara Ann Schaeffler, Seattle, WA (US);

Peter Bruce Challoner, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K031/70 ; A61K047/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A patient suffering from an endobronchial infection is treated by administering to the patient for inhalation a dose of less than about 4.0 ml of a nebulized aerosol formulation comprising from about 60 to about 200 mg/ml of an aminoglycoside antibiotic, such as tobramycin, in a physiologically acceptable carrier in a time period of less than about 10 minutes. Unit dose devices for storage and delivery of the aminoglycoside antibiotic formulations are also provided.


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