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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. 20, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Asif Syed Ahmed, Birmingham, GB;
Inventor:
Asif Syed Ahmed, Birmingham, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K038/18 ; C07K014/475 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The use of an agent for controlling vascular permeability within the cervix is disclosed for controlling cervical ripening. To hasten cervical ripening, the agent is one which increases vascular permeability and is selected from VEGF, VEGF, VEGF, VEGF, VEGF, a smaller, active VEGF fragment, and placenta growth factor (PlGF). If cervical ripening is to be delayed, the agent is one which reduces vascular permeability, e.g. a VEGF receptor antagonist or antibody. The agents of the present invention can be used as a means of managing labor.